Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cygnus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cygnus \Cyg"nus\ (s?g"n?s), n. [L., a swan.] (Astron.)
A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or
following, Lyra; the Swan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cygnus
n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus
and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole [syn:
{Cygnus}]
2: a genus of Anatidae [syn: {Cygnus}, {genus Cygnus}]
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