Volans
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (“flying fish”).
Proper noun[edit]
Volans
- (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.
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Translations[edit]
small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky
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