moon-moon

A form of moonmoon — A moon that orbits a larger moon.

Meanings

nounmoon-moon (plural moon-moons)

plural moon-moons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of moonmoon.

    It's already popped up in the scientific realm, too: Astrophysicist Duncan Forgan of the University of St. Andrews uses the term moon-moon in his recent paper [...]

    2018 October 11, Jason Daley, “If a Moon Has a Moon, Is Its Moon Called a Moonmoon?”, in Smithsonian
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