n.
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.
[Latin circinus, pair of compasses, from circus, circle. See circle.]
Circinus
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Cir·ci·nus (sûr'sə-nəs) 
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n.
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.
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Meaning #1:
a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe
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- Constellations (table)
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