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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xix. 262 If thereby be meant the Pleiades, or subconstellation upon the back of Taurus. View more context for this quotation

1871 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 102 79 Each of the four sub-constellations has its own special nomenclature in the two series of letters of the Latin alphabet.

1903 C. A. Young Lessons Astron. (rev. ed.) ii. 45 The constellation is so large that for convenience it has recently been divided into four sub-constellations.

2001 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Dec. r1 In this outing, there's clearly no shortage of big stars—George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, plus a sub-constellation of Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, [etc.].