Telescopium
See also: telescopium
Translingual
Proper noun
Telescopium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – conical sea snails.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - species
Further reading
Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Telescopium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)
Proper noun
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
Translations
small faint constellation of the southern winter sky
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