canopus

English Thesaurus

1. supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	supergiant,
definition	:	an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density (noun.object)

member meronym	:	carina,
definition	:	a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus (noun.object)