subconstellation en · NOUN
Etymology
From sub- + constellation.
Meanings
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A subordinate or smaller constellation.
the Pleiades, or subconstellation upon the back of Taurus
1650, 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subconstellations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |