English Explanatory Dictionary

Volans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.

Word forms

Volans

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (“flying fish”).

Derived words

Volantis
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