a S constellation between Mensa and Carina
Origin of Volans
from Modern Latin (piscis) volans, flying (fish) from L: see fish and volantVolans
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Volans
noun
A constellation in the polar region of the celestial Southern Hemisphere near Carina and Dorado.
Origin of Volans
Latin volāns present participle of volāre to flyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.
Origin
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volÄns (“flying fish").
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