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exomoon

noun

Etymology

From exo- + moon.

  1. inherited from *mḗh₁n̥s✻ — “moon; month”
  2. inherited from *mēnô✻ — “moon”
  3. inherited from *mānō✻
  4. inherited from mōna — “moon”
  5. inherited from mon
  6. prefixed as exomoon — “exo + moon”

Definitions

  1. A moon that is outside the Solar System (our solar system).

    • Now we get exoplanets, dwarf planets, rogue planets, and (exo)moons. That's ok, but then comes the utter silliness: none of them are planets. Even those bigger than Jupiter aren't planets.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exomoon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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