Volans

See also: volans

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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 nounEdit

Volans

1. (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.

Derived termsEdit

• Volantis

TranslationsEdit

small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky

• French: Poisson volant (fr) m
• German: Fliegender Fisch m
• Malay: Ikan Terbang

• Polish: Ryba Latająca (pl) f
• Russian: Летучая Рыба (Letučaja Ryba)
• Spanish: Volans

AnagramsEdit

• Lovans