PYXIS


Meaning of PYXIS in English

/pik"sis/ , n., gen. Pyxidis /pik"si dis/ . Astron.

the Compass, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is now divided.

[ 1680-90; pyxís a box, PYX ]

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