About The Word Pluto

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Pluto

Pluto Meaning & Definition
Pluto Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pluto?

[n] the second smallest planet and the farthest known from the sun; has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
[n] (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
[n] a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pluto: Aides | Aidoneus | Hades

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pluto: Agdistis | Aides | Aidoneus | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollon | Ares | Artemis | asteroid | Ate | Athena | Bacchus | Cerberus | Ceres | Charon | Cora | Cronus | Cupid | Cybele | Demeter | Despoina | Diana | Dionysus | Dis | Dis pater | Earth | Erebus | Eros | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | Great Mother | Hades | Hel | Helios | Hephaestus | Hera | Here | Hermes | Hestia | Hymen | Hyperion | inferior planet | Jove | Juno | Jupiter | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Kore | Kronos | Loki | Magna Mater | major planet | Mars | Mercury | Minerva | minor planet | Minos | Mithras | Momus | Neptune | Nike | Olympians | Olympic gods | Ops | Orcus | Osiris | Persephassa | Persephone | Phoebus | Phoebus Apollo | planet | planetoid | Poseidon | Proserpina | Proserpine | Rhadamanthus | Rhea | Satan | Saturn | secondary planet | solar system | superior planet | Tellus | terrestrial planet | Uranus | Venus | Vesta | Vulcan | wanderer | Zeus

See Also | character | fictional character | fictitious character | Greek deity | solar system | superior planet

Pluto In Webster's Dictionary

\Plu"to\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. {Pluto monkey} (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed African monkey ({Cercopithecus pluto}), having side whiskers. The general color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white.

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