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Alkaidia
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul Alkaid en a star of Ursa Major -ia. Further from mul ar القَائِد the leader, from the root ar ق و د root relating to managing or steering. This may have been a reference to the cultural connection often drawn between the Asteroidea order and astronomical objects.
Proper noun
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genus family Terminasteridae family certain extinct starfishes
References
Q107274571 1
mul Echinoderms