Puppis
pup·pis
noun
1.
a stern-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major
Origin
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis (“stern of a ship”). Doublet of poop.
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