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Camelopardalis

Syllabification: (Ca·mel·o·par·da·lis)

Astronomy
Definition of Camelopardalis
  • a large but inconspicuous northern constellation (the Giraffe), between Polaris and Perseus.
  • (as genitive Camelopardalis) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Alpha Camelopardalis

Origin:

via Latin from Greek kamēlopardalis (see camelopard)

Camelopardalis in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Camelopardalis in the British & World English dictionary
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