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CEPHEID

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Ce⋅phe⋅us

[see-fee-uhs, -fyoos]
–noun, genitive -phe⋅i [-fee-ahy] for 1.
1. Astronomy. a northern circumpolar constellation between Cassiopeia and Draco.
2. Also, Kepheus. Classical Mythology. an Ethiopian king, the husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda.

Ce⋅phe⋅id [see-fee-id] , adjective
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Ce·phe·id   (sē'fē-ĭd, sěf'ē-)   
n.  Any of a class of intrinsically variable stars with exceptionally regular periods of light pulsation.

[From Cepheus.]
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