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Mi·zar (mī′zär′)

noun

a multiple star, the brighter companion in an optical double star at the middle of the Big Dipper's handle: magnitude, 2.3

Etymology: Ar mīzār, lit., waist-cloth, apron

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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