CETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cetus mean? 

• CETUS (noun)
  The noun CETUS has 1 sense:

1. a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius

  Familiarity information: CETUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

 Context examples 

The newly discovered super-Earth LHS 1140b orbits in the habitable zone around a faint red dwarf star named LHS 1140, in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster).

(Super-Earth in Habitable Zone, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

NGC 1055 is located approximately 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster).

(A Galaxy on the Edge, ESO)