Telescopium
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See also: telescopium
Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Telescopium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – telescope snails.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Cerithioidea - superfamily; Potamididae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Telescopium telescopium - sole accepted extant species
References[edit]
- Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Potamididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Telescopium telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Telescopium at World Register of Marine Species
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)
Proper noun[edit]
Telescopium
- (astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
small faint constellation of the southern winter sky
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