Usually means: Moon that shapes ring material.
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  1. shepherd moon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. shepherd moon: Wiktionary
  3. shepherd moon: Dictionary.com
  4. Shepherd moon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Shepherd moon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (shepherd moon)

noun:  A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.

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