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Spica
is always a great word to know.
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| the Goat, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius. |
| one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation such as radio waves with a high degree of regularity |
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World English Dictionary
| spica (ˈspaɪkə) | |
| —n , pl -cae, -cas | |
| 1. | med a spiral bandage formed by a series of overlapping figure-of-eight turns |
| 2. | botany another word for spike |
| [C15: from Latin: ear of corn] | |
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Word Origin & History
Spica
1728, bright star in constellation Virgo, from L., lit. "ear of grain," corresponding to Gk. stakhys (see spike (n.1)).
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Spica  (spī'kə) Pronunciation Key
A bright bluish-white binary star in the constellation virgo, with an apparent magnitude of 0.96. Scientific name: Alpha Virginis. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Spica
brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Virgo and one of the 15 brightest in the entire sky, having an apparent visual magnitude of 0.98. It is a bluish star; spectroscopic examination reveals Spica to be a binary with a four-day period, its two components being of the first and third magnitudes, respectively. Spica lies about 260 light-years from the Earth
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