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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Canis Major and Pyxis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A subdivision of the constellation Argo, introduced by Baily in the British Association Catalogue.

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  • proper noun astronomy A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin puppis, stern, poop.]

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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis ("stern of a ship").

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