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Southern constellation
Answer for the clue "Southern constellation ", 6 letters:
fornax
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fornax is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for furnace . It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Fornax is one of the 88 modern constellations.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goddess of ovens in ancient Rome, from Latin fornax "furnace, oven, kiln" (see furnace ). The dim constellation (representing a chemical furnace) was added by de Lacaille in 1756.
Usage examples of fornax.
And I suspect there will be no more interference from Fornax, for each Demon is supreme in his own territory.
Cube realized that the Demon Xanth had been waiting to catch the Demoness Fornax in the act of interfering with the Quest, and finally nailed her.
I understand that this land was won from Demoness Fornax, who is the mistress of contra-terrene matter.
Demoness Fornax tried to blow us off the bridge over the Gap Chasm, but the Demon Xanth stopped her.
This, Evans told me, was a star in a constellation called Fornax from a galaxy known to astronomy as NGC1365.
Demoness Fornax does not acquire the Land of Xanth, and her contraterrene equivalent is transferred to our possession.