Gerard Peter Kuiper
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~ United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)
giant petrel
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~ large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
genus Petrocoptis
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~ perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis