Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere between Pavo and Sagittarius.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A southern constellation, introduced by La Caille in 1752. It contains one star of the fourth magnitude. Also
Telescope .
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- proper noun astronomy A small faint
constellation of thesouthern winter sky, said to resemble atelescope . It lies south of theconstellation ofCorona Australis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from telescopium, telescope; see telescope.]
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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin telescopium, a "telescope"
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In the Mangrove creeks we found Telescopium, Pleurotoma; and heaps of oyster-shells, for the first time on our journey.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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Telecopium Herchelium now Telescopium after William Herschel
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