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SPICA (spicae)
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Irregular inflected form: spicae
Dictionary entry overview: What does Spica mean?
• SPICA (noun)
The noun SPICA has 1 sense:
1. the brightest star in Virgo
Familiarity information: SPICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The brightest star in Virgo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)
Holonyms ("Spica" is a member of...):
Virgo (a large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra)
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