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    SOUTHERN CROSS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurusplay

    Synonyms:

    Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

    Meronyms (members of "Southern Cross"):

    Alpha Crucis (the brightest star in the Southern Cross)

    Beta Crucis (the second brightest star in the Southern Cross)

    Holonyms ("Southern Cross" is a member of...):

    Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System (the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky)

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