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VELA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis
Example:
because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called 'the Sails'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Holonyms ("Vela" is a part of...):
Argo (formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela)
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