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Great Bear

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. the constellation Ursa Major.


Great Bear

noun

  1. the Great Bear
    the English name for Ursa Major
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is one of the most prominent northern constellations, and its main claim to fame is that it contains the Big Dipper, a highly recognizable asterism.

“He said, ‘Look at the tail of the Great Bear in the sky.’

I was trying to ignore the outline of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, drawn on the screen, when Pat said, “It’s gone. The Horn’s gone.”

Great Bear, which will be co-owned by the Metlakatla First Nation, is one of the largest scallop farms in North America.

Raven, Isa and Arthur arrived at the Northern Lights sanctuary this past October after their mother was killed in a collision with a truck near Bella Coola, a coastal village in the Great Bear Rainforest.

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