Pyxis
WordNet
noun
(1) A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
(2) A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia
(3) Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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Proper noun
Pyxis
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica "Nautical compass". From pyxis, a "little box"
Proper noun
- A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.