Full record for Plutonian n.

Definition	the language spoken by Plutonians
OED requirements	antedating 1958
Earliest cite	W. F. Temple 'The Undiscovered Country'
Comment	Fred Galvin submitted a 1959 cite from William F. Temple's "The Undiscovered Country", in a 1959 US edition of Nebula Science Fiction magazine, which MIke Christie verified the 1958 UK edition. We would like to see other examples of any date.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for Plutonian n.

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1931 S. H. Coblentz Into Plutonian Depths in Wonder Stories Q. Spring 323/2	Not less than eight or ten distinguished-looking Plutonians had been summoned for the occasion.
1946 W. F. Jenkins From Beyond Stars in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 88/1	I said, ‘You old Mercurian! You old Plutonian! You want to blow up Earth!’
1950 ‘L. F. Stone’ Rape of Solar System in Flight Into Space 242	In Space they met, three great armada, armed to the teeth. From the first, Luna's was a losing battle. Together the Martians and Plutonians drove her back, passed on to earth.
1958 W. F. Temple Undiscovered Country in Nebula Sci. Fiction Oct. 58	I hope we learn enough Plutonian to say we're sorry.
1959 D. A. Wollheim Secret of Ninth Planet 168	In their landings, they had found inscriptions on walls and bas-reliefs carved on mountains. They knew from these what the Plutonians had looked like, and they had a suspicion of what had happened.