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单词 pyxis
释义

pyxis1

nounPlural pyxides ˈpɪksɪs
  • A small box or casket.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek puxis, from puxos 'box'.

Pyxis2

proper nounˈpɪksɪs
Astronomy
  • 1A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the Compass Box or Mariner's Compass), lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis.

    1. 1.1as genitive Pyxidis /ˈpɪksɪdɪs/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Pyxis.
      the star Alpha Pyxidis

Origin

Latin.

 
 
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