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English noun: Neptune

1. Neptune (person) (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon


Instance hypernymRoman deity


Domain categoryRoman mythology

2. Neptune (object) a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants


SamplesThe existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846.


Instance hypernymgas giant, Jovian planet, outer planet, superior planet


Member meronymsolar system









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