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Definition of Cetus
1. Noun. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
Definition of Cetus
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cetus
Literary usage of Cetus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Star Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts Concerning by William Tyler Olcott (1911)
"Brown tells us that Cetus signified "the chaos of the deep" to the Babylonians.
... Cetus is sometimes represented as swimming in the river Eridanus, ..."
2. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1849)
"The head of Cetus may be readily distinguished, about 20° SE of Aries, by means
of five remarkable stars, 4° and 5° apart, and so situated as to form a ..."
3. Celestial objects for common telescopes by Thomas William Webb (1859)
"Cetus. The largest, but far from the most interesting of the constellations.
Its alphabetical leader a is not now so bright as /3: probably one or both have ..."
4. Works by Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, William Hewson, George Gulliver, Sydenham Society (1857)
"Cetus See Martin's account of a Gallan whale which overturned a fishing boat,
and devoured three of the crew.—West. Islands, p. ..."
5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"40. Vast distances of small telescopic stars. PERIODIC STARS : 41. Stars of
variable lustre.—42. Remarkable stars of this kind in Cetus and Perseus.—43. ..."
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