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SOUTHERN CROSS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Synonyms:
Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meronyms (members of "Southern Cross"):
Alpha Crucis (the brightest star in the Southern Cross)
Beta Crucis (the second brightest star in the Southern Cross)
Holonyms ("Southern Cross" is a member of...):
Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System (the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky)
