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Serpens
[ sur-puhnz, -penz ]
noun
- the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head Serpens Caput and the tail Serpens Cauda, with Ophiuchus in between.
Serpens
/ ˈsɜːpənz /
noun
- a faint extensive constellation situated in the N and S equatorial regions and divided into two parts, Serpens Caput (the head) lying between Ophiuchus and Boötes and Serpens Cauda (the tail) between Ophiuchus and Aquila
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Origin of Serpens1
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Origin of Serpens1
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Example Sentences
Also look at the stars in the head of Serpens, several of which form a figure like a letter X.
We now pass northward to the region covered by map No. 14, including the remainder of Ophiuchus and Serpens.
Est utique ut serpens hominis contacta salivis.Disperit, ac sese mandendo conficit ipsa.
Grandmother—ingress of Crab—conjunction of Scorpio with Serpens—moon in eleventh house.
Lequel engin, pour le mal quil faisait (pire que le venin des serpens), fut nomm serpentine, &c.
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