Little Dipper
Speech parts
1. Little Dipper - Noun
2. Little Dipper - Proper noun
Meaning
a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
The Little Dipper is also more formally known as Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
Prominent constellations and stars are the Big Dipper low and the Little Dipper (part of Ursa Major) high in the north; and Cygnus with Deneb, Lyra with Vega and Aquila with Altair still high in the west.
To find Polaris, face north and locate the Big Dipper (Plough) and Little Dipper asterisms.
Ursa Minor is colloquially known in the US as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form the shape of a dipper ( ladle or scoop).
One of the other paddlers breaks the reverie, discovering that the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, and the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, now show themselves.