Pholus

/ ˈfəuləs /

noun

1. a large astronomical object, some 2000 km in diameter, discovered in 1991. Its elliptical orbit around the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Saturn, has a period of 93 years. It has been classified as an asteroid although it lies outside the main asteroid belt

Example Sentences

He had stopped in to see a Centaur who was a friend of his, Pholus, and being very thirsty he persuaded him to open a jar of wine which was the common property of all Centaurs.

From Literature

As legend goes, Chiron, an immortal centaur, who both taught medicine and served as a physician, attended a gathering hosted by another centaur named Pholus.

From Scientific American

Capture of the boar of Erymanthus, while chasing which he fought the Centaurs and killed his friends Chiron and Pholus, this homicide leading to Demeter’s institution of mysteries.

From Project Gutenberg

One was slain, Pholus, the centaur who had entertained him.

From Project Gutenberg

He took the body of Pholus up to the top of the mountain and buried the centaur there.

From Project Gutenberg