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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Asteroid  \As"ter*oid\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  starlike,  starry;  'asth`r  star 
  +  ?  form:  cf  F.  ast['e]ro["i]de.  See  {Aster}.] 
  A  starlike  body;  esp.  one  of  the  numerous  small  planets  whose 
  orbits  lie  between  those  of  Mars  and  Jupiter;  --  called  also 
  {planetoids}  and  {minor  planets}. 




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