Hypertext Webster Gateway: "argo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Argo \Ar"go\, n. [L. Argo, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his
fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden
Fleece.
2. (Astron.) A large constellation in the southern
hemisphere, called also {Argo Navis}. In modern astronomy
it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and
Vela.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Argo
n : formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere
between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided
into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela [syn: {Argo}]
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