Puppis
WordNet
noun
(1) A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From puppis, the "stern of a ship"
Proper noun
- A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.