Circinus
WordNet
noun
(1) A small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe
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Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From
Proper noun
- A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.