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LITTLE BEAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star

Synonyms:

Little Bear; Ursa Minor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Little Bear"):

Dipper; Little Dipper (a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris)

Meronyms (members of "Little Bear"):

North Star; polar star; Polaris; pole star; polestar (the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it)

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