comet (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 17
def (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
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Hypernym extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body
Domain of synset - TOPIC astronomy, uranology
Derivationally related form comet → cometary
Derivationally related form comet → cometic
Part meronym coma; nucleus
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Derivationally related form cometic → comet
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cometic → comet
Derivationally related form cometary → comet
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cometary → comet
Member of this domain - TOPIC astronomy, uranology
Part holonym coma; nucleus
Hyponym extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body

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