Octans

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of octan form-of, plural

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin octans (“an octant”). Doublet of octant.

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