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Ur⋅sa Ma⋅jor

  [ur-suh mey-jer]
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–noun, genitive Ur⋅sae Ma⋅jor⋅is  [ur-see muh-jawr-is, -johr-] . Astronomy.
the Great Bear, the most prominent northern constellation, containing the seven stars that form the Big Dipper.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME
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Ur·sa Major   (ûr'sə)   
n.  A constellation in the region of the north celestial pole near Draco and Leo, containing the seven stars that form the Big Dipper. Also called Great Bear.

[Middle English, from Latin Ursa Māior : ursa, bear + māior, comparative of magnus, great.]
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Ursa Major [(ur-suh)]

A constellation; the Great Bear. (See Big Dipper.)

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