Associations to the word «Volans»

Wiktionary

VOLANS, proper noun. (constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.

Dictionary definition

VOLANS, noun. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats