Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
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(italics) Classical Mythology. the ship in which Jason sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
the movement or path of the earth or a heavenly body turning on its axis
a number of heavenly bodies associated and acting together according to certain natural laws
a celestial body with a mass of gas that is hot enough to produce and sustain nuclear fusion, thus producing luminosity
the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off
one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation such as radio waves with a high degree of regularity
a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius also called the Fishes
Greek myth the ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece
Argo2 (ˈɑːɡəʊ)
—n , Latin genitiveArgus
Also called: Argo Navis an extensive constellation in the S hemisphere now subdivided into the smaller constellations of Puppis, Vela, Carina, and Pyxis
name of the ship in which Jason and his companions sought the Fleece in Colchis, in Gk., lit. "The Swift," from argos "swift" (adj.), also "shining, bright" (see argent; cf. also Skt. cognate rjrah "shining, glowing, bright," also "swift").