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Drinking Gourd

Drinking Gourd proper noun: a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

drinking gourd: a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and...
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Proper noun

the Drinking Gourd

  1. (US, especially, obsolete) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

Synonyms of Drinking Gourd

Questions about Drinking Gourd

What does Drinking Gourd mean?
Drinking Gourd means a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.
What part of speech is Drinking Gourd?
Drinking Gourd is a proper noun.

Words near Drinking Gourd in the dictionary

  1. drinking from a firehose
  2. drinking from the fire hydrant
  3. drinking from the furry cup
  4. drinking game
  5. drinking games
  6. Drinking Gourd
  7. drinking hole
  8. drinking holes
  9. drinking horn
  10. drinking horns
  11. drinking in

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