Camelopardus

/ kəˌmɛləˈpɑːdəs; kəˌmɛləˈpɑːdəlɪs /

noun

1. a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia

Example Sentences

Ascending from Auriga through Camelopardus, it stood, July 19, on a line between the Pointers and the Pole, within 8° of the latter, and thus remained for a lengthened period constantly above the horizon of northern observers.

From Project Gutenberg

In the mid-space between Perseus, Auriga, and the two Bears, we find the ridiculous constellation Camelopardus, or the Giraffe.

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