/beuh lay"triks/ , n. Astron.
a blue-white giant star in the constellation Orion, with apparent magnitude +1.63.
[ bellatrix martial, waging war, equiv. to bella ( re ) to wage war, (v. deriv. of bellum war) + -trix -TRIX; appar. by assoc. with bellator a name for Orion (L: warrior), though precise connection with this star unexplained ]