Pictor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.

Word forms

Pictor

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin pīctor (“easel”).

Related words

Kapteyn's Star

Derived words

Pictoris
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