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Ceres definition

Ce·res (sir′ēz′)

noun

  1. Rom. Myth. the goddess of agriculture, daughter of Ops and Saturn: identified with the Greek Demeter
  2. Astron. the first asteroid discovered (1801), and the largest (c. 1,000 km or 621 mi in diameter)

Etymology: L: see cereal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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