Telescopium
See also: telescopium
Translingual edit
Proper noun edit
Telescopium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – telescope snails.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Cerithioidea - superfamily; Potamididae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Telescopium telescopium - sole accepted extant species
References edit
- Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Potamididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Telescopium telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Telescopium at World Register of Marine Species
English edit
Etymology edit
The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)
Proper noun edit
Telescopium
- (astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
small faint constellation of the southern winter sky
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