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CLYDE WILLIAM TOMBAUGH
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• CLYDE WILLIAM TOMBAUGH (noun)
The noun CLYDE WILLIAM TOMBAUGH has 1 sense:
1. United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
Familiarity information: CLYDE WILLIAM TOMBAUGH used as a noun is very rare.
• CLYDE WILLIAM TOMBAUGH (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Clyde Tombaugh; Clyde William Tombaugh; Tombaugh
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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