Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere in the large space between Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Perseus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of ruminant quadrupeds: same as Giraffa.
- n. A northern constellation formed by Bartsch and named by Hevelius. It is situated between Cepheus, Perseus, Ursa Major and Minor, and Draco. As given by Hevelius, the name was Camelopardalus.
Wiktionary
- n. A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Etymologies
- Latin camēlopardalis, camelopard; see camelopard.
Examples
“It is located in the constellation of Camelopardalis.”
The Huffington Post: 10-Year-Old Girl Makes Amazing Discovery
“‘Notes on the anatomy of the Nubian giraffe Camelopardalis’, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 2, 217–48.”
“And lastly, anyone who likes may admire the Camelopard (_Camelopardalis_), between the Great Bear, Cepheus, and the Charioteer.”
Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
“The fifth type is, perhaps, the most extraordinary of all; it should represent not only the order _Rasores_ among birds, but also the _Camelopardalis_ among ruminating quadrupeds.”
“Kathryn Gray was studying images taken at an amateur observatory when she spotted the magnitude 17 supernova in the galaxy UGC 3378, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.”
“Gray located hers in the constellation of Camelopardalis.”
“It's in the distant galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.”
“Supernova (mag ~17) in UGC 3378 (a magnitude 15 galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis).”
“The supernova was discovered in the galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.”
“On spotting Supernova 2010lt in the constellation of Camelopardalis in a galaxy 240”
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