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Noun: sputnik  spût-nik or spút-nik
  1. A Russian artificial satellite
    "Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth"

Derived forms: sputniks

Type of: artificial satellite, orbiter, satellite

Encyclopedia: Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast

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