ursa major

English Thesaurus

1. a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	constellation,
definition	:	a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object)

part holonym	:	big dipper, charles's wain, dipper, plough, wagon, wain,
definition	:	a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major (noun.object)