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Vulpecula
(redirected from Vulpecula cum Ansere)

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Vul·pec·u·la  (vl-pky-l)
n.
A constellation in the celestial Northern Hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta.

[New Latin, from Latin vulpcula, diminutive of vulps, fox; see vulpine.]

Vulpecula [vʌlˈpɛkjʊlə]
n Latin genitive Vulpeculae [vʌlˈpɛkjʊˌliː]
(Astronomy) a faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila
[from Latin: a little fox, from vulpēs a fox]
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Noun1.Vulpecula - a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and SagittaVulpecula - a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta


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But it is now called CK Vulpeculae, for the constellation vulpecula cum ansere, the little fox with the goose.
 
 
 
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