Pavo Definition

pāvō
noun
A S constellation near the celestial pole between Octans and Telescopium.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Pavo
pronoun

(astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.

Wiktionary

Origin of Pavo

  • Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin pāvō (“peacock").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin pāvō peacock

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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