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Dipper

DEFINITIONS OF: Dipper

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n a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Synonyms:
Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wagon, Wain
Example of:
asterism
(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)

n a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

Synonyms:
Little Dipper
Example of:
asterism
(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
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