nounWord forms: Latin genitiveComae Berenices (ˈkəʊmiː)
a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
Word origin
from Latin, literally: Berenice's hair, named after Berenice (died 221 bc), consort of Ptolemy III