little dipper in English
noun
1
the seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Minor.
What most people don't know, however, is that the Big and Little Dippers are not even constellations.
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1. One of the best-known Asterisms is the Big Dipper or Plough.It is composed of the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major, where they delineate the Bear's hindquarters and exaggerated tail, or alternatively, the "handle" forming the upper outline of the bear's head and neck.With its longer tail, Ursa Minor hardly appears bearlike at all, and is widely known by its pseudonym, the Little Dipper.