stellular
Americanadjective
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having the form of a small star or small stars.
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spotted with stars.
adjective
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displaying or abounding in small stars
a stellular pattern
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resembling a little star or little stars
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stellular
1790–1800; < Late Latin stellul ( a ) ( stell ( a ) star + -ula -ule ) + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Presently the lights were dying out like magic all along the encampments, as if some great cataclysm were among the stellular reflections, blotting them from the sphere of being.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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