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Northern Cross

the five brightest stars in the constellation Cygnus that seem to form the shape of a cross: often used to mean the entire constellation Cygnus

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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