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Pegasi vs Pegasid - What's the difference?

pegasi | pegasid |

As nouns the difference between pegasi and pegasid

is that pegasi is while pegasid is (zoology) any member of the family pegasidae or pegasid can be (planetology) an exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to jupiter, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures.

pegasi

English

Noun

(head)
  • * {{quote-book, year = 2004
    • , title = Zephyr Spheres and the Lost Spell , first = Myles Brandon , last = Hibbett , publisher = (iUniverse) , location = Lincoln , isbn = 0595313957 , page = 49 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=zif4FyiVtYwC&pg=PA49&dq=unipegs , passage = But, I think it will be too risky to try and steal horses, unipegs, pegasi , or unicorns. There are spells cast on the animals to keep track of them. }}
  • * {{quote-book, date = 2010-11-02
    • , title = Pegasus , first = Robin , last = McKinley , authorlink = Robin McKinley , location = New York , publisher = Putnam Juvenile , isbn = 9780399246777 , ol = 24109544M , section = ch. 11 , passage = There were three draia — one for luggage, including gifts — and twenty-two pegasi to carry them, plus a dozen more who would fly with them. }} ----

    pegasid

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the family Pegasidae.

    • Etymology 2

    Named for the first exosolar planet 51 Pegasi b that was discovered, in the constellation Pegasus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (planetology) An exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to Jupiter, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures.

    • Synonyms

    * epistellar Jovian * hot Jupiter