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CRUX AUSTRALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crux Australis mean?
• CRUX AUSTRALIS (noun)
The noun CRUX AUSTRALIS has 1 sense:
1. a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Familiarity information: CRUX AUSTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meronyms (members of "Crux Australis"):
Alpha Crucis (the brightest star in the Southern Cross)
Beta Crucis (the second brightest star in the Southern Cross)
Holonyms ("Crux Australis" is a member of...):
Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System (the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky)
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