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An⋅tar⋅es

  [an-tair-eez, -tar-]
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–noun Astronomy.
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
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Antares 
bright star in Scorpio, from Gk. Antares, from anti Ares "rival of Mars," in reference to its red color, which is like that of Mars.
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