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Serpentarius \Ser`pen*ta"ri*us\, n.[NL., fr. L. serpens serpent.]

(Astron.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Ophiuchus \O`phi*u"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., holding a serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + ? to hold.]

(Astron.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Serpentarius \Ser`pen*ta"ri*us\, n.[NL., fr. L. serpens serpent.]

(Astron.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Ophiuchus \O`phi*u"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., holding a serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + ? to hold.]

(Astron.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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