ecliptic latitude
noun
astronomy another name for celestial latitude
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby ecliptic latitude
eclipsing variable, eclipsing variable star, eclipsis, ecliptic, ecliptic coordinate system, ecliptic latitude, ecliptic longitude, eclogite, eclogue, Eclogues, eclosion
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