Sedna

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  1. 1
    The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.

    "Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair."

  2. 2
    a dwarf planet whose eccentric detached orbit is wholly beyond the Kuiper belt.

    "Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of objects such as Eris and Sedna."

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Sedna Planitia: a plain on the planet of Venus abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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"Sedna began to enjoy keeping all the sea creatures away from the humans by tucking them into her now miles-long hair."

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ (sanna, “Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea”). The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess.

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