Pyxis

See also: pyxis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin pyxis (“little box”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Pyxis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – certain tortoises native to Madagascar.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata - subclass; Testudines - order; Cryptodira - suborder; Testudinoidea - superfamily; Testudinidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): ,  - species

References

• Pyxis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pyxis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pyxis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica "Nautical compass". From Latin pyxis (“little box”)

Proper noun

Pyxis

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.

Derived terms

• Pyxidis

Translations

constellation

• Finnish: Kompassi (fi)
• French: Boussole (fr) f
• Galician: Compás (gl)
• German: Schiffskompass m
• Irish: Compás an Mhairnéalaigh m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: Kompas Pelaut
• Polish: Kompas (pl) m
• Russian: Ко́мпас (ru) m (Kómpas)
• Spanish: Brújula (es), Pyxis

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Carina
• Puppis
• Vela