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polaris
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun polaris has 1 sense
- polaris(n = noun.object) north star, polar star, 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; Array is a member of little bear, ursa minor, dipper, little dipper
is a kind of loadstar, lodestar, variable, variable star
THESAURUS
polaris
Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Sirius, Venus, Vesper, celestial body, comet, cynosure, daystar, evening star, fixed stars, guiding star, heavenly body, living sapphires, lodestar, morning star, orb, polar star, polestar, sphere, starry host, stars
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