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Tucana

Syllabification: (Tu·ca·na)
Astronomy
Definition of Tucana
  • a southern constellation (the Toucan), south of Grus and Phoenix. It contains the Small Magellanic Cloud.
  • (as genitive Tucanae /t(y)o͞oˈkānē, -ˈkanē/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Delta Tucanae

Origin:

modern Latin

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