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   plan·e·tes·i·mal

   /ˌplanəˈtesəm(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a minute planet; a body that could or did come together with many others under gravitation to form a planet.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to planetesimal bodies: "the planetesimal material orbiting the sun"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from planet, on the pattern of infinitesimal.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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