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Pup⋅pis

[puhp-is]
–noun, genitive Pup⋅pis. Astronomy.
the Stern, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is divided.

Origin:
< L: stern of a ship, poop
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Pup·pis   (pŭp'ĭs)   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Canis Major and Pyxis.

[Latin puppis, stern, poop.]
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