a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
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(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
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