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Demon Star

 
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–noun Astronomy.
Algol.
Origin:
1890–95; trans. of Ar ghūl ghoul
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Algol

  [al-gol, -gawl]
–noun
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
Also called Demon Star.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < Ar, equiv. to al the + ghūl ghoul; as trans. of Gk (Ptolemy) gorgónion the head of the Gorgon Medusa, held by Perseus
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