| NOUN | object | Charles's Wain, Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Wain, Wagon | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major |
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| Meaning | A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. | |
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| Synonyms | Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Wain, Wagon | |
| Instance of | asterism | (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) |
| Part of | Great Bear, Ursa Major | A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
| Spanish | arado, Ursa Major | |
| Catalan | UMa, Ursa Major | |
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