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Little Dipper
noun
- the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.
Little Dipper
noun
- the Little Dipperthe Little Dipper a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole Also known asUrsa Minorthe Bearthe Little Bear
Little Dipper
/ lĭt′l /
- An asterism composed of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Minor that form the outline of a dipper.
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Example Sentences
Therefore sailors choose the two brighter stars in the end of the cup of the Little Dipper, and watch them, for an hour-hand.
The Little Dipper, as an address for the use of mortals, struck him as rather remote.
Beyond question, she was the girl of the Little Dipper; there was no mistaking her.
Well, those two stars are in the outer rim of the Little Dipper.
I myself have seen the Little Dipper at noonday in that manner.
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