Arcturus
noun
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Boötes.
Arcturian
-
a word derived from
Arcturus.
Example Sentences
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He now made out on the larger bottle the words "Solar Back Rays"; and on the other one, after some doubt, he thought that he could distinguish something like "Arcturian Back Rays."
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
It was forty feet long, eight wide, and eight high; the tank containing the Arcturian back rays was in front, the car behind.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
They are of a spectral type approximately solar; no Orion, Sirian or Arcturian stars having been found among them.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
For twenty-four hours on that Arcturian planet, I would give my life.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
There were clothes and games, precious stones and exotic rings, watches set with Arcturian dream-stones, and boots inlaid with silver.
From Star Surgeon by Alan Edward Nourse
