Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aldebaran"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aldebaran \Al*deb"a*ran\, n. [Ar. al-debar[=a]n, fr. dabar to
follow; so called because this star follows upon the
Pleiades.] (Astron.)
A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of
Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group
called the Hyades.
Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny
Cassiopeia's chair. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Aldebaran
n : the brightest star in Taurus [syn: {Aldebaran}]
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