Megrez

Me·grez

noun

A star in the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 82 light years from Earth.

Origin of Megrez

Short for Arabic maġriz a&dlowmac;-&dlowmac;anab ad-dubb al-'akbar the root of the tail of the greater bear from maġriz root from ġaraza to prick, insert ġrz

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