Volans
See also: volans
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Etymology edit
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (“flying fish”).
Proper noun edit
Volans
- (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.
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Translations edit
small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky
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