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Balatik
/balatik/
 
prop_n.
the name of the Pleiades constellation
Wrd.Gloss: Balatik_constellation
Kuntee, eglepew e ka bituen ne Balatik.
Today, the Balatik constellation is going to appear.
Cult. This constellation is named after the balatik trap which is for wild animals esp. wild boar. This is because the form of Balatik constellation is like the trap in position and in alignment.
Eng. constellation Pleiades; Pleiades constellation
OCM: Ethnometeorology (821)
DDP: Star (1.1.1.2)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: MN
 
Created: 01/Sep/2009
Updated by: QDL,RJH
Last updated: 06/Feb/2017