Bake-eo
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Bake-eo
A Marshallese star name for γ Oph.
Etymology and History
spondylus mussel in whose disk Debwāāl-eo ("the drill") (67, 68 and 70 Oph) is used to drill holes to make "puka shell" necklaces
IAU Name Discussion
References
Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). Marshallese-English Online Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/html/10524/19441/index.htm.