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Ursa Major   /ˈərsə mˈeɪdʒər/   Listen
Ursa Major

noun
1.
A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star.  Synonym: Great Bear.





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"Ursa Major" Quotes from Famous Books



... of form and shape, Some think we are descended from the ape. But recent science now the truth declares The human race descended from Forebears. And since we're so inclined to war, I'll wager One of our Forebears was the Ursa Major. ...
— A Phenomenal Fauna • Carolyn Wells
... divide the heavens into seven Margas, paths or orbits, assigning a particular wind to each. The sixth of these paths is that of the Great Bear, and its peculiar wind is called Parivaha. This wind is supposed to bear along the seven stars of Ursa Major, and ...
— Sakoontala or The Lost Ring - An Indian Drama • Kalidasa


Words linked to "Ursa Major" :   wagon, dipper, wain, constellation, Charles's Wain, plough, Great Bear, big dipper


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