Full record for selenite n.

Definition	supposed inhabitant of the moon
OED requirements	antedating 1645
Earliest cite	Howell Lett. III. ix.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for selenite n.

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1999 I. McDonald Breakfast on Moon, with Georges in Moon Shots 296

Uncontrolled, Hirondelle goes into a glide, loses altitude, and spirals down to a nudge landing in the soft moondust of the farther shore of the Lake of Dreams. The Selenites swarm aboard, spinning dream-silk from their spinnerets. The crew are trussed within minutes. Five frail Selenites to one Terrene, the Members of the Anglo-French Expedition to the Moon are borne into the heart of the Temple of Dreams.