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CHARLES'S WAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Synonyms:
Big Dipper; Charles's Wain; Dipper; Plough; Wagon; Wain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))
Holonyms ("Charles's Wain" is a part of...):
Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)
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