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/ˈɔːrkəs/
Proper noun
The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.
Usage- Roman
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Then ſhall our footmen lie within the trench, And with their Cannons mouth’d like Orcus gulfe Batter the wales, and we will enter in: And thus the Grecians ſhalbe conquered.
A plutino and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet; sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”. Its moon is Vanth.
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