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KUIPER BELT OBJECT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
Synonyms:
KBO; Kuiper belt object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Kuiper belt object" is a kind of...):
minor planet; planetoid (any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun)