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   asteroid

   /ˈast(ə)rɔɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits.
   • 2. an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, which comprises the starfishes.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting echinoderms of the class Asteroidea.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Greek asteroeidēs ‘starlike’, from astēr ‘star’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. asteroidal adjective

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