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Orcus
[ awr-kuhs ]
noun
- the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- the ancient Roman underworld; Hades; Dis.
Orcus
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- another name for Dis
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Some say Orcinus means “of the kingdom of the dead,” a reference to Orcus, a Roman god of the underworld.
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Pluto is the most famous such object, but the Webb could help bring out of obscurity the dwarf planets Haumea, Makemake, Orcus and Sedna.
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He was King of the Dead—not Death himself, whom the Greeks called Thanatos and the Romans, Orcus.
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spots sand dunes west of the enigmatic Orcus Patera depression.
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‘I see here you are a legacy, a descendant of Orcus.’
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