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Little Dipper

noun

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

Little Dipper

noun

  1. the Little Dipper
    a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole Also known asUrsa Minorthe Bearthe Little Bear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Little Dipper

  1. An asterism composed of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Minor that form the outline of a dipper.
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Origin of Little Dipper1

First recorded in 1835–45
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