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    VELA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxisplay

    Example:

    because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called 'the Sails'

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

    Holonyms ("Vela" is a part of...):

    Argo (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)

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