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Definition of: Ursa Major
Astron.
The Great Bear, a large northern constellation containing the seven conspicuous stars called the Septentriones, including the two Pointers, Dubhe and Merak, which point to the polestar: also called Big Dipper, the Dipper, Charles's Wain. See CONSTELLATION.
a. Ursa Major. b. Ursa Minor. c. Polestar.
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