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Dei⋅mos

  [dahy-mos]
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–noun
1. an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
2. Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
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Dei·mos   (dē'mōs, dā'-, dī'mŏs)   
n.  The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.

[Greek, one of the sons of Ares, from deimos, fear, terror.]
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Deimos   (dē'mōs, dā'-)  Pronunciation Key 
The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.
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