the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.
Also called Dipper.
Origin
1835-45
British Dictionary definitions for Little Dipper
Little Dipper
noun
1.
(US & Canadian) the Little Dipper, a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole Also known as Ursa Minor, the Bear, the Little Bear
Little Dipper in Science
Little Dipper
(lĭt'l) An asterism composed of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Minor that form the outline of a dipper.