Microscopium
The English word “Microscopium” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).
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