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- noun astronomy Any planet of the
Solar System whoseorbit is located beyond theasteroid belt , i.e., any ofJupiter ,Saturn ,Uranus , orNeptune .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
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