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epistellar

epistellar adjective: of a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star.

Adjective

epistellar (not comparable)

  1. Of a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star

Origin of epistellar

From epi- + stellar.

Words formed from epistellar

Phrases with epistellar

Questions about epistellar

What does epistellar mean?
Epistellar means of a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star.
What part of speech is epistellar?
Epistellar is an adjective.

Words near epistellar in the dictionary

  1. epistatically
  2. epistatics
  3. epistaxes
  4. epistaxic
  5. epistaxis
  6. epistellar
  7. epistellar Jovian
  8. epistellar Jovians
  9. epistemai
  10. episteme
  11. epistemes

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