Apus

[ ey-puhs ]

noun,genitive Ap·o·dis [ap-uh-dis]. /ˈæp ə dɪs/. Astronomy.
  1. the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.

Origin of Apus

1
<New Latin <Greek ápous name applied to various swallowlike birds, literally, footless, equivalent to a-a-6 + -pous -footed, adj. derivative of poús foot; cf. -pod

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Apus

/ (ˈeɪpəs) /


nounLatin genitive Apodis (ˈæpədɪs)
  1. a constellation in the S hemisphere situated near Musca and Octans

Origin of Apus

1
New Latin, from Greek apous, literally: footless, from a- 1 + pous foot

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