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Octans
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 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 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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