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PLANETESIMAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("planetesimal" is a kind of...):
celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)