Cepheus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cepheus \Ce"pheus\, n. (Astron.)
     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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cepheus
       n : a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near
           Cassiopeia and the pole star