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LITTLE DIPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
Synonyms:
Dipper; Little Dipper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))
Meronyms (members of "Little Dipper"):
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)
Holonyms ("Little Dipper" is a part of...):
Little Bear; Ursa Minor (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)
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