PUPPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Puppis mean? 

• PUPPIS (noun)
  The noun PUPPIS has 1 sense:

1. a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat

  Familiarity information: PUPPIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUPPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Holonyms ("Puppis" is a part of...):

Argo (formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela)

 Context examples 

NGC 2440 lies about 4,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Puppis.

(Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star, NASA)