Vulpecula

[ vuhl-pek-yuh-luh ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive Vul·pec·u·lae [vuhl-, pek, -y, uh, -lee].

1. the Little Fox, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquila.

Vulpecula

/ vʌlˈpɛkjʊlə /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vulpecula¹

1865–70; < Latin vulpēcula, equivalent to vulpē ( s ) fox + -cula -cule ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vulpecula¹

C19: from Latin: a little fox, from vulpēs a fox

Example Sentences

Eight billion light-years from Earth, in the darkness beyond the constellation Vulpecula, a black hole perhaps a billion times as massive as the sun seems to be gorging on a humongous cloud of gas.

From New York Times

Soon after the telescope was completed in 1967, Bell Burnell noticed an unusual squiggle, what she called a piece of “scruff,” that she traced to the constellation Vulpecula.

From Washington Post

Estimates of its distance pegged it to a spot in the constellation Vulpecula, about 2,000 light-years away.

From Washington Post

S&T has made four detailed charts that show how the asteroid will be moving south to north through the Capricornus, Aquarius, Delphinus, Vulpecula, and Cygnus constellations.

From Time

Discovered in 2005, the planet orbits a star about 19 parsecs away in the Vulpecula, or Fox, constellation.

From Nature