pyxis

Definitions


[ˈpɪksɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small box or casket


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek puxis, from puxos ‘box’


[ˈpɪksɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the Compass Box or Mariner's Compass), lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis


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Origin:
Latin. Pyxidis is the Latin genitive form of Pyxis


[ˈpɪksɪs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Pyxis
(e.g: the star Alpha Pyxidis)


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Origin:
Latin. Pyxidis is the Latin genitive form of Pyxis




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