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Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Swordick :: Swordfish (n.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1..

Argo :: Argo (n.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela..

Cygnus :: Cygnus (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan..

Harp :: Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre..

Spica :: Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

Dorado :: Dorado (n.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish..

Andromeda :: Andromeda (n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda..

Mira :: Mira (n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).

Talisman :: Talisman (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence..

Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran..

Toucan :: Toucan (n.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.

Constellation :: Constellation (n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included..

Hydrus :: Hydrus (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole..

Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Formed :: Formed (a.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars..

Leo :: Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle..

Orion :: Orion (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye..

Lynx :: Lynx (n.) One of the northern constellations.

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

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