Definitions for octans
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Princeton's WordNet
Octans(noun)
the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole
Wiktionary
Octans(ProperNoun)
A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.
Origin: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From octans, an "octant"
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