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For⋅nax

[fawr-naks]
–noun, genitive For⋅nac⋅is [fawr-nas-is, -ney-sis] .
Astronomy. the Furnace, a small southern constellation south of Cetus and Eridanus.

Origin:
< L: lit., furnace, kiln, oven
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For·nax   (fôr'nāks')   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Sculptor and Eridanus.

[Latin fornāx, furnace, oven; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]
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