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A constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis
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serpens
Word definitions for serpens in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serpens \Ser"pens\, n. [L. See Serpent .] (Astron.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
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Serpens ("the Serpent", Greek ) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere . One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy , it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union . ...
Usage examples of serpens.
Cygnus, then broadens in Aquila, sweeping wider through Serpens and Opiuchus.
Here is a mighty stronge and usid borow for flying serpens in sum baren, hethy, and sandy grownd, and thereby the litle round castel of Morna Moruna stondith on Omprenne Edge, as on the limit of the worlde, sore wether beten and yn ruine.