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BOOTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bootes mean?
• BOOTES (noun)
The noun BOOTES has 1 sense:
1. a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major
Familiarity information: BOOTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meronyms (members of "Bootes"):
Arcturus (the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth)
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