Canes Venatici
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin canes venatici (literally: "dogs of hunting").
Proper noun[edit]
- (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pair of hunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash by Boötes and following the bear Ursa Major.
- 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 215:
- The sky was very clear and I could see Cassiopeia and Orion and maybe Canes Venatici, but I was never too sure about that one.
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Translations[edit]
constellation
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Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (astronomy) Canes Venatici (dim spring constellation of the northern sky)