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Mi⋅cro⋅sco⋅pi⋅um

[mahy-kruh-skoh-pee-uhm]
–noun, genitive -pi⋅i [-pee-ahy] . Astronomy.
the Microscope, a small southern constellation south of Capricorn.

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Mi·cro·sco·pi·um   (mī'krə-skō'pē-əm)   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.

[New Latin Mīcroscopium, microscope, Microscopium : micro- + -scopium, -scope.]
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