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Sextans

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as. Ancient-Rome

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)

Etymology 2

From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).

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