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noun
Any member of the family Pegasidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Synonym of hot Jupiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology
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Synonyms: hot Jupiter
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noun
A meteor in a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation of Pegasus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)
Named for one of the earliest-discovered exoplanets, 51 Pegasi b, which was discovered in the constellation Pegasus in 1995.
