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Lesser Bear

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. the constellation Ursa Minor.


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There are a good many stars common to the Lesser Bear and to Cepheus.

In the constellation Cynosure, usually called the Lesser Bear, is the pole-star, to which very many eyes are directed.

In the time of Alexander, the Lesser Bear was not observed to set for either of these latitudes.

Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear, an inconspicuous constellation, the pole-star forming the tip of the tail.

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