Saucepan

See also: saucepan

English

Proper noun

the Saucepan

  1. (Australia, uranography) A pot-shaped asterism in the constellation Orion, consisting of Orion's Belt, Orion's Sword, and the star Eta Orionis.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 485:
      He also instantly recognised the slant in the line of three stars of the Saucepan which he knew spills the rain in January.
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