Lesser Bear
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Later, her son Arcas was placed beside her and called the Lesser Bear.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Around the northern pole the Swan swings by its tail, as in our skies the Lesser Bear; Arided being a Pole-Star which needs no Pointers to indicate its position.
From Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg
For the Bear and the Lesser Bear sometimes seemed to move from west to east when they were returning, swinging under to what would have been their place of rising.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
There are a good many stars common to the Lesser Bear and to Cepheus.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear, an inconspicuous constellation, the pole-star forming the tip of the tail.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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