NORTHERN CROSS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

bunch; clump; cluster; clustering (a grouping of a number of similar things)

Holonyms ("Northern Cross" is a member of...):

Cygnus (a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole)

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