Lesser Bear

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Example Sentences

Later, her son Arcas was placed beside her and called the Lesser Bear.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

There are a good many stars common to the Lesser Bear and to Cepheus.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The Phoenicians, experiencing the imperfection of this guide, seem first to have discovered, or at least to have applied to maritime purposes, the constellation of the Lesser Bear.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

Here it twists back, making another fold, and, lifting itself up, bends its snout and right temple from the head of the Lesser Bear round towards the Greater.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

In the east Arcturus is up; the Great Bear, the Lesser Bear, and Cassiopeia are ranged about the Pole.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard