Denebola

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Translingual

Denebola brachycephala

Etymology

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Proper noun

Denebola f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Monodontidae – an extinct whale thought to be ancestral to the beluga.

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English

Etymology

From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, the lion's tail), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, tail) + أَسَد (ʔasad, lion).

Proper noun

Denebola

  1. Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.

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Etymology

From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, the lion's tail), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, tail) + أَسَد (ʔasad, lion).

Proper noun

Denebola f

  1. Denebola, the second brightest star in the constellation of Leo