Pallas
[pælæs]
Definition
(noun.) a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered.
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Definition
(n.) Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
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Definition
n. the Greek goddess of wisdom and war—the Roman Minerva.—Also Pallas Athene.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- This latter alternative, which was first propounded by Pallas, seems by far the most probable, and can, indeed, hardly be doubted. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The koulan of Pallas is said to have been seen with a double shoulder-stripe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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