Join free

pegasid

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

pegasid¹

Where it comes from

Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)

noun pegasids

  1. Any member of the family Pegasidae.

pegasid²

Where it comes from

Named for one of the earliest-discovered exoplanets, 51 Pegasi b, which was discovered in the constellation Pegasus in 1995.

noun pegasids

  1. Synonym of hot Jupiter.

    Similar: hot Jupiter

Pegasid³

noun Pegasids

  1. A meteor in a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation of Pegasus.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"pegasid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pegasid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pegasid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pegasid

Chicago

"pegasid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pegasid.

BibTeX
@misc{pegasid_2026,
  title = {pegasid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pegasid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}