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CRAB NEBULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
supernova (a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process)
Holonyms ("Crab Nebula" is a member of...):
Taurus (a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini)