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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel.

Synonyms

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airazurebig dipperbluecanopycerulean

Etymology

From Latin caelum (“a chisel”). Named in the 17th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

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