Telescopium
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See also: telescopium
Translingual
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Telescopium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – telescope snails.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Cerithioidea - superfamily; Potamididae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Telescopium telescopium - sole accepted extant species
References
[edit]- Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Potamididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Telescopium telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Telescopium at World Register of Marine Species
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)
Proper noun
[edit]Telescopium
- (astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]small faint constellation of the southern winter sky
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