cepheus

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Noun

HYPHEN

Ce=pheus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cepheus has 2 senses

cepheus(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia;

is a kind of

mythical being

cepheus(n = noun.object) - a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star;

is a kind of

constellation

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cepheus, n.

A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia. [1913 Webster]