CAPELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capella mean? 

• CAPELLA (noun)
  The noun CAPELLA has 2 senses:

1. the brightest star in Auriga

2. snipes

  Familiarity information: CAPELLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The brightest star in Auriga

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 ("Capella" is a member of...):

Auriga; Charioteer (a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Snipes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago

Hypernyms ("Capella" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Capella"):

Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe (common snipe of Eurasia and Africa)

Gallinago gallinago delicata; Wilson's snipe (American snipe)

Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe (Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe)

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

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)