Little Dipper

Little Dipper

n.

The seven bright stars that form the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Little Dipper

n

(Astronomy) the Little Dipper US and Canadian a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole. Also known as: Ursa Minor, the Bear or the Little Bear

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Lit′tle Dip′per

n.

the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.

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Lit·tle Dipper

(lĭt′l)

A group of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Minor that form the outline of a dipper.

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Noun

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Little Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris Dipper Little Bear, Ursa Minor - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar - the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it

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