The meaning of Pyxides

Pyxides – definition

noun
A small box or casket.

proper noun
A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the compass box or mariner's compass), lying in the milky way between vela and puppis.

adjective
Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation pyxis.
Usage examples:
The star alpha pyxidis

Pyxides

Pyxiden

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पाइक्साइड्स

Pissidi

픽사이드, 작은 상자, 화장품 따위를 넣는 작은 상자

Пиксиды, Маленький ящичек

Píxidos

Word origin

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek puxis, from puxos ‘box’.

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adjective
Box-like, having a lid; having the form of a pyxidium.

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