sporades

Definitions

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  • noun plural Stars not included in any constellation.

Examples

  • In space, the sporades, the scattered islands, the stars -- on the firm earth, the lands, my lands!

    Poems By Walt Whitman

Note

The word 'sporades' comes from a Greek word meaning 'scattered' and is related to 'spore' and 'sporadic'.