ARCTURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arcturus mean? 

• ARCTURUS (noun)
  The noun ARCTURUS has 1 sense:

1. the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth

  Familiarity information: ARCTURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

giant; giant star (a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun))

Holonyms ("Arcturus" is a member of...):

Bootes (a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major)

 Context examples 

There's Arcturus looking very bright.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)