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shepherd
shepherd’s check
shepherd’s pie
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shepherd satellite
shep·herd sat·el·lite (plural shep·herd sat·el·lites)


noun 
Definition:
 
small moon stabilizing planetary ring: a small moon of a planet whose gravitational influence helps to keep a planetary ring in place
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