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Tel⋅e⋅sco⋅pi⋅um

[tel-uh-skoh-pee-uhm]
–noun, genitive -pi⋅i [-pee-ahy] . Astronomy.
the Telescope, a small southern constellation between Ara and Corona Austrinus.

Origin:
< NL; see telescope
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Tel·e·sco·pi·um   (těl'ĭ-skō'pē-əm)   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere between Pavo and Sagittarius.

[New Latin, from telescopium, telescope; see telescope.]
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