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A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun. Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim sea. Tennyson.

A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.

The Lizard, a northern constellation.

A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle. Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.

called because shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

A sign and a constellation; Leo.

The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

One of the northern constellations.

A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.

One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra. Lyre bat (Zoöl.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears. -- Lyre turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (o Ceti).

The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.

A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. Muscæ volitantes (. Etym: [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or glinding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.…

A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.

A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett.

the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. Chaucer.