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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orion has 2 senses
- orion(n = noun.person) Array - (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation; Array is a kind of mythical being
- orion(n = noun.object) hunter - a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel; Array is a kind of diffuse nebula, gaseous nebula
CIDE DICTIONARY
orion, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Wri`wn, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.].
A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. [1913 Webster]
"The flaming glories of Orion's belt."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orion, n. a brilliant constellation on the celestial equator visible from most parts of the earth.
Idiom
Orion's belt three bright stars in a short line across the middle of the constellation. Orion's hound Sirius.
Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk Orion, name of a legendary hunter
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