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GALILEAN SATELLITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo
Synonyms:
Galilean; Galilean satellite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Galilean satellite" is a kind of...):
satellite (any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star)
Instance hyponyms:
Callisto (the second largest of Jupiter's satellites)
Europa (the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water)
Ganymede (the largest of Jupiter's satellites)
Io (the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes)
