Definitions
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- proper noun astronomy The brightest
star in theconstellation Libra ; beta (β) Librae.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the most difficult of all, either to find or say, this one in Libra, Zubeneschamali.
Space Michener, James 1982
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He was a taskmaster, really, but the students indulged him because of what he had done when alone among his [726] stars; also, he made the work fun, for he told them of how Randy Claggett had massacred the heavens, and whole generations of students at Fremont State came to believe that the North Star lay in Ursula Minor and that the proper names of Betelgeuse and Zubeneschamali were Beetle Juice and Reuben Smiley.
Space Michener, James 1982
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Zubeneschamali ` The Northern Claw '(of the Scorpion).
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The Big Dipper became Ursula Major, Zubeneschamali was Reuben Smiley, and the important navigational star Nunki became Nooki.
Space Michener, James 1982
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