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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mini-Neptune en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A planet less massive than Neptune but resembling Neptune in that it has a thick hydrogen-helium atmosphere, probably with deep layers of ice, rock or liquid oceans (made of water, ammonia, a mixture of both, or heavier volatiles).

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Synonyms

gas dwarf · transitional planet