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Bellatrix

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A bright star in the group of stars called Orion, at Orion's shoulder

proper noun
/ˈbɛlətrɪks/

: Bellatrix

That could be Bellatrix.
Bellatrix, the star

Examples

Beetle, Geiss, Bellatrix, the Hunter's bow in Elegy, graffitied across the endless black gate.
Hotter and larger and twenty-eight times more distant, Bellatrix produces fifty times the light of Sirius.

Academic text (2007)
You can always spot rigel and Bellatrix, but to be able to spot the great nebula and...

Invaders from Mars (1953)
Orion's fainter shoulder is Bellatrix.

Academic text (1991)
To be sure, his shoulders will be grotesquely broader, with brilliant red Betelgeuse the odd man out, having shifted about six degrees to the northeast, and Bellatrix, the star representing the other shoulder, almost two degrees to the southwest.

Academic text (1999)
Draco Malfoy follows Black family tradition in naming his son Scorpius. PHOTO (COLOR): Bellatrix (circled) forms Orion's left shoulder.

Academic text (2007)
In the night sky, Bellatrix shines brightly as part of the constellation Orion.
Astronomers often refer to Bellatrix as Gamma Orionis due to its positioning in Orion.
If you look up at Orion, you can easily identify Bellatrix among the stars.

Surface Forms

Bellatrix main

Etymology

Bellatrix comes from Latin parts bellum ('war') and -trix ('female'), so it means 'female warrior'. The star sits on Orion's shoulder, so the name gives a clear image of a woman warrior standing by the hunter's side.