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En⋅cel⋅a⋅dus

  [en-sel-uh-duhs]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. a giant with a hundred arms buried under Mount Etna, in Sicily.
2. Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.
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En·cel·a·dus   (ěn-sěl'ə-dəs)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology A giant who was defeated in battle and buried under Mount Etna by Athena.

  2. A satellite of Saturn.


[Latin, from Greek Enkelados.]
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Enceladus

second nearest of the major regular moons of Saturn and the brightest of all its moons. It was discovered in 1789 by the English astronomer William Herschel and named for one of the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek mythology.

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