1660–70; < Latin Plūtōni ( us ) (< Greek Ploutṓnios, derivative of Ploútōn Pluto ) + -an
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His orange-colored skin and hair, for example, are consistent with the coloring of the Plutonian race.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2016
All the geographic diversity the New Horizons team is finding in the Plutonian system—in the surface features, the interiors, and the frigid atmospheres—is forcing them to work against intuitions powerfully shaped by familiar Earthly experience.
From Scientific American • Jul. 15, 2015
The spacecraft also may see clouds and fog: Plutonian meteorology, driven by the planet's all-natural global warming and cooling.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2014
Sandwiched between an introduction and a conclusion are four sections: Venusian Spring, Martian Summer, Terrestrial Autumn and Plutonian Winter.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011
But I knew he couldn’t explain his Plutonian tears.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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