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Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Xiphias :: Xiphias (n.) The constellation Dorado.

Septentrio :: Septentrio (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.

Enumerate :: Enumerate (v. t.) To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation..

Delphinus :: Delphinus (n.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila..

Astroscope :: Astroscope (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated..

Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) The constellation Sextans.

Ophiuchus :: Ophiuchus (n.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius..

Dog :: Dog (n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius)..

Gemini :: Gemini (n. pl.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th..

Fomalhaut :: Fomalhaut (n.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish..

Constellation :: Constellation (n.) Fortune; fate; destiny.

Leonid :: Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac..

Constellate :: Constellate (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens..

Spica :: Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

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