Telescopium Definition
tĕlĭ-skōpē-əm
noun
A S constellation between Sagittarius and Pavo.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Wiktionary
Origin of Telescopium
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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later Latin telescopium, a "telescope"
From Wiktionary
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New Latin from telescopium telescope telescope
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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