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Draco

[drey-koh]

noun, genitive Dra·co·nis

[drey-koh-nis, druh-] . Astronomy.

the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.

Origin:
< Latin < Greek drákōn dragon

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any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor

a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Serpens also called the Balance

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noun

a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.

Also, Dra·con

[drey-kon] .

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Draco¹ (ˈdreɪkəʊ)

—n , Latin genitive Draconis
	a faint extensive constellation twisting around the N celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

[from Latin, from Greek drakōndragon]

Draco² (ˈdreɪkəʊ)

—n
	7th century bc, Athenian statesman and lawmaker, whose code of laws (621) prescribed death for almost every offence

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Draco (drā'kō) Pronunciation Key
A constellation (the Dragon) in the polar region of the Northern Hemisphere near Cepheus and Ursa Major.

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draco definition

A blend of Pascal, C and ALGOL 68 developed by Chris Gray in 1987. It has been implemented for CP/M-80 and Amiga.
(1994-11-04)

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"My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows, I am rough and lecherous. Tut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing."

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