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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin musca (“a fly”). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche.
Meanings
- An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.
Deriveds
Translations (14)
es Musca (constellation) · ja はえ座 (constellation) · ms Lalat (constellation) · fr Mouche (constellation) · eo Muŝo (constellation) · pl Mucha (constellation) · la Musca (constellation) · fi Kärpänen (constellation) · ja 蝿座 (constellation) · kk Шыбын (constellation) · cmn 蒼蠅座 /苍蝇座 (constellation) · gl Mosca (constellation) · ru Му́ха (constellation) · de Fliege (constellation)
wikipedia: Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser · wikipedia: Frederick de Houtman