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Tucana

tu·cana

uncommon

noun

1.

a large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Origin

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From later Latin tucana (“toucan”).

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