Betelgeuse
Orion
giant
Orion
PYXIS Orion
It comes from Arabic.It is the second brightest star in Orion and that is what Betelgeuse means.
The 8-letter "opposite gender" of a male giant is "giantess." (There is no common 8-letter antonym to a giant or to the adjective giant.)
red giant
Orion
A four letter word for expoding star is - Nova
L is for large.
giant, large
Giant