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Antlia
[ ant-lee-uh ]
noun
plural: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee] genitive: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee]
- Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- (lowercase) Entomology. the proboscis of a lepidopterous insect.
Antlia
/ ˈæntlɪə /
noun
- a faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Hydra and Vela
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Other Words From
- ant·li·ate [ant, -lee-eyt], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Antlia1
C19: from Latin, from Greek: bucket
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Example Sentences
This supersized one, located in the constellation Antlia, isn’t necessarily the biggest of all physically, but thanks to its proximity to us, it looks the biggest.
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The mouth of the butterfly is called by most entomologists antlia; that of the aphis a promuscis; that of the flea a rostrulum.
From Project Gutenberg
A still more extraordinary instance of irritability is exhibited by the antlia, or instrument of suction of the butterfly.
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