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Rosalind

 
Dictionary: Ros·a·lind
(rŏz'ə-lĭnd, rō'zə-) pronunciation
n.
The satellite of Uranus that is eighth in distance from the planet.

[After Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke in As You Like It by William Shakespeare.]


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Rosalind (rŏz'əlĭnd', rō'zə-), in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.


 
 

 

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