LITTLE DIPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Little Dipper mean? 

• LITTLE DIPPER (noun)
  The noun LITTLE DIPPER has 1 sense:

1. a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

  Familiarity information: LITTLE DIPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLE DIPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Dipper; Little Dipper

Instance hypernyms:

asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))

Meronyms (members of "Little Dipper"):

North Star; polar star; Polaris; pole star; polestar (the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it)

Holonyms ("Little Dipper" is a part of...):

Little Bear; Ursa Minor (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)