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Aldebaran definition

Al·deba·ran (al deb′ə rən)

noun

a giant, orange binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus: magnitude, 0.86

Etymology: Ar al-dabarān < al, the + dabarān, following < dubara, to follow: so called because it follows the Pleiades

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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