pr. n. [ L., fr. Gr.
Pluto is an oddball among its eight sister planets. It's the smallest in both size and mass, and has the most elliptical orbit. It moves in a plane tilted markedly away from the other planets' orbits. Moreover, Pluto is the only planet made almost entirely of ice. Ron Cohen (Science News, Feb. 27, 1999, p. 139)
Pluto monkey (Zool.),
n. [ Gr.
n. One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to plutocracy;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wealth + -logy. ] The science which treats of wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Plutonius, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. plutonien. ] Plutonic. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geol.) A Plutonist. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto. ]
Plutonic action (Geol.),
Plutonic rocks (Geol.),
Plutonic theory. (Geol.)
n. [ Cf. F. plutonisme. ] The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. plutoniste. ] One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism. [ 1913 Webster ]