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ERIDANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eridanus mean?
• ERIDANUS (noun)
The noun ERIDANUS has 1 sense:
1. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus
Familiarity information: ERIDANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Context examples
The black hole is located about 200 million light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Eridanus.
(Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place, NASA)
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