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Definition of: Septentrio
(sep·ten′trē·ō)
The constellation Ursa Major; the Dipper. See CONSTELLATION. Also Sep·ten′tri·on. [<L, sing. of septentriones, orig. septem triones the seven stars of the Big Dipper <septem seven + triones, plural of trio a plow OX]
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