Lesser Bear

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Lesser Bear

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

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

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

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

If they were hidden by a cloud, the Lesser Bear gave a point; or you could draw a line through Cassiopeia, and tell the North by her chair of stars.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies

The north pole is directed towards a star in the Lesser Bear called the Pole Star.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

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