Associations to the word «Puppis»
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Wiktionary
PUPPIS, proper noun. (constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Dictionary definition
PUPPIS, noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat.
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