Definition of Pluto

1. Noun. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney.


2. Noun. (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.
Exact synonyms: Aides, Aidoneus, Hades
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Derivative terms: Hadean

3. Noun. A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets. "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"
Generic synonyms: Outer Planet, Superior Planet
Group relationships: Solar System

Definition of Pluto

1. n. The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.

Definition of Pluto

1. Proper noun. (context: Greek god Roman god) Greek and Roman god of the underworld. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) Originally known as the ninth planet but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet, the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object, represented by the symbol (unicode ?) in astronomy and 16px in astrology. ¹

3. Verb. (neologism) To demote or devalue something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pluto

1. The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. Pluto monkey, a long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general colour is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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