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ARGO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Argo"):
Carina (a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus)
Puppis (a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat)
Pyxis (a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia)
Vela (a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis)
