n. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Pavo. [Latin apūs, a kind of swallow, from Greek apous, without feet, sand martin : a-, without; see A-1 + pous, foot; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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