Telescopium

See also: telescopium

Translingual

Proper noun

Telescopium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – conical sea snails.

Hyponyms

(genus): Telescopium telescopium - species

Further reading

Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Telescopium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)

Proper noun

Telescopium

(astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.

Derived terms

Telescopii

Translations

small faint constellation of the southern winter sky

Finnish: Kaukoputki (fi)
French: Télescope (fr) m
German: Teleskop (de) n
Greek: Τηλεσκόπιον (el) n (Tileskópion)

Malay: Teleskop
Polish: Luneta (pl) f
Russian: Телескоп (Teleskop)
Spanish: Telescopium

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