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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Praesepe en · PROPN

Etymology

From Latin praes(a)epe (“enclousre, pen, name of star cluster”).

Meanings

  1. The Beehive Cluster, an open cluster in the constellation Cancer.
    • Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe. 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 27, column 2: