Lacerta

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin lacerta (“a lizard”)

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