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/lˈɪtəl bɛr/ Listen

Little Bear

noun

A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star. Synonym: Ursa Minor.

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"Little Bear" Quotes from Famous Books

... Uncle Wiggily saw Neddie Stubtail, the little bear boy, who always slept in a hollow log all Winter. But this time Neddie was awake, for it ...

— Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard - Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters • Howard R. Garis

... daily course. A round teetotum revolving on its point represents the sky turning on its axis, the two points of the teetotum are the two poles; the child will be delighted to find one of them, and I show him the tail of the Little bear. Here is a another game for the dark. Little by little we get to know the stars, and from this comes a wish to know the planets and observe ...

— Emile • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

... story so complete, and we can hear the questions: "How did the big bear know that the little girl had tasted his porridge? Oh, because she had left the spoon. How did he know that she had sat in his chair? Because she left the cushion untidy, and as for the little bear's chair, why, ...

— The Child Under Eight • E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith

Words linked to "Little Bear" : polestar, constellation, Polaris, pole star, Little Dipper, dipper, North Star, polar star