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Antlia

name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
A faint winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump".

Noun

1
The spiral tubular proboscis of butterflies. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump for drawing water”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge water”). Originally called Antlia pneumatica (“air pump”) in the 18th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía).

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