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noun
A fictional creature having the head and forelegs of a stag and the wings and hindquarters of a bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A radio signal which appears to come from outside the galaxy but is actually produced by terrestrial sources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Coined by the translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni translating Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, from Borges' invented Spanish peritio. Astrophysical use began with a paper by S. Burke-Spolaor et al. (see quotations).
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