| NOUN | person | Ceres | (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture |
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| object | Ceres | the largest asteroid and the first discovered |
| Sounds | sih'riyz | |
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| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 111 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter. | |
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| Category | Roman mythology | The mythology of the ancient Romans |
| Instance of | Roman deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
| Meaning | The largest asteroid and the first discovered. | |
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| Instance of | asteroid | Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) |