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Big Bear
nounDefinition of Big Bear
the Big Bear
astronomy
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You need to see a lot of other faint stars to piece together the (surprisingly realistic) profile of the Big Bear, and the Little Bear is just a box with a long tail no matter how you look at it.— Alan M. MacRobert
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