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Ursa major

//ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ// name

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  1. 1
    A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.

    "My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ursa maior (“(the) greater bear”).

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