scopelosoma satellitia

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scopelosoma satellitia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
     attendant.]
     1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
        person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of
        power." --I. Disraeli.
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     2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
        planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
        Solar system, under Solar.
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     Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
        (Scopelosoma satellitia).
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