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Vela

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Noun

1. vela

a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis

Example Sentences:
'because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called the Sails''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vela

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nounWord forms: Latin genitive Velorum (viːˈlɔːrəm )
a constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Puppis and Carina and crossed by the Milky Way, that has four second-magnitude stars and a young bright pulsar

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Vela

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noun
1.  pl. of
velum
2.  [V-]
a constellation in the S Milky Way between Carina and Antlia
see also Argo (sense 2)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vela

see synonyms of vela
n.
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Pyxis and Carina.
n.
Plural of velum.

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