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Charon
Char·on [ kérrən ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ferryman in Greek underworld: in Greek mythology, a ferryman who took the souls of the dead across the River Styx to Hades
2. satellite of Pluto: the only known satellite of Pluto, discovered in 1978
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