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Vul⋅pec⋅u⋅la

  [vuhl-pek-yuh-luh]
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–noun, genitive -lae  [-lee] . Astronomy.
the Little Fox, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquila.
Origin:
1865–70; < L vulpēcula, equiv. to vulpē(s) fox + -cula -cule 1
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Vul·pec·u·la   (vŭl-pěk'yə-lə)   
n.  A constellation in the celestial Northern Hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta.

[New Latin, from Latin vulpēcula, diminutive of vulpēs, fox; see vulpine.]
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