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Oort clouds

Oort clouds is the plural of Oort cloud.

Meaning of Oort cloud

Noun

Oort cloud (plural Oort clouds)

  1. A roughly spherical region of space composed of comet-like bodies and other minor planets and asteroids that orbit distantly in a planetary system.

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Questions about Oort clouds

What is Oort clouds the plural of?
Oort clouds is the plural of Oort cloud.

Words near Oort clouds in the dictionary

  1. Oorlam
  2. Oorlams
  3. ooroo
  4. Oort
  5. Oort cloud
  6. Oort clouds
  7. Oorts
  8. oorud
  9. Oorya
  10. Ooryas
  11. oos

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