Alkaid
noun
Al·kaid
variants or less commonly Alcaid
ˌal-ˈkād 
astronomy
: a bluish-white star of the second magnitude that marks the end of the handle of the Big Dipper
Next, I targeted NGC 5448, a … spiral located just east of the bright star Alkaid at the tail of Ursa Major, close to the Bootes border.
William A. McLaughlin, Astronomy, February 1997
William A. McLaughlin, Astronomy, February 1997called also Eta Ursae Majoris
Word History
First Known Use
1675, in the meaning defined above
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