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subconstellation

subconstellation noun: a subordinate or smaller constellation.

Noun

subconstellation (plural subconstellations)

  1. A subordinate or smaller constellation.
    • the Pleiades, or subconstellation upon the back of Taurus1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • the three stars of the belt and three in the sword, but an additional subconstellation, imagined as the various army generals for a warrior chief.2013, Lawrence Winkler, The Final Cartwheel, page 118

Forms of subconstellation

pluralsubconstellations

Origin of subconstellation

From sub- + constellation.

Questions about subconstellation

What does subconstellation mean?
Subconstellation means a subordinate or smaller constellation.
What part of speech is subconstellation?
Subconstellation is a noun.
What is the plural of subconstellation?
The plural of subconstellation is subconstellations.

Words near subconstellation in the dictionary

  1. subconsoles
  2. subconsomic
  3. subconsomics
  4. subconstable
  5. subconstables
  6. subconstellation
  7. subconstellations
  8. subconstituencies
  9. subconstituency
  10. subconstituent
  11. subconstituents

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