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NORTHERN CROSS
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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)