medicean planets

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medicean planets - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Medicean \Med`i*ce"an\, prop. a.
     Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the
     Medicean Venus.
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     Medicean planets (Astron.), a name given by Galileo to the
        satellites of Jupiter.
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