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plu·ti·no

 (plo͞o-tē′nō)
n. pl. plu·ti·nos
A trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object that orbits the Sun in the same time period as Pluto, making exactly two orbits for every three orbits of Neptune.
[Plut(o) + -ino, diminutive suff. (as in neutrino).]
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