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Cir⋅ci⋅nus

  [sur-suh-nuhs]
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–noun, genitive -ni  [-nahy] . Astronomy.
the Compasses, a small southern constellation between Triangulum and Centaurus.
Origin:
1830–40; < L
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Cir·ci·nus   (sûr'sə-nəs)   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.

[Latin circinus, pair of compasses, from circus, circle; see circle.]
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