Oort cloud in English

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          "text": "Some comets that we see come from the Oort cloud."
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        "The Oort cloud is a large group of small bodies of ice and rock that might exist in our solar system beyond the known planets."
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Oort cloud",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "Some comets that we see come from the Oort cloud."
        }
      ],
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        "The Oort cloud is a large group of small bodies of ice and rock that might exist in our solar system beyond the known planets."
      ]
    }
  ],
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"Oort cloud" meaning in English

Noun