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ptolemy
 
Noun ptolemy has 2 senses
  1. Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemaeus - Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)
    --1 is a kind of astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
  2. Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty - an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
    --2 is a kind of dynasty
    --2 has members: Ptolemy I; Ptolemy II
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