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Po·lar·is   (pə-lār'ĭs)   
n.  A star of the second magnitude, at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper and almost at the north celestial pole. Also called North Star, polar star, polestar.

[New Latin (Stēlla) Polāris, polar (star), from Latin polus, pole; see pole1.]
polar star  
n.  See Polaris.
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polar star n.
See daughter star.

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