Telescopium
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Telescopium telescopium
See also: telescopium
Translingual
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Proper noun
Telescopium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Potamididae – telescope snails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Cerithioidea - superfamily; Potamididae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Telescopium telescopium - sole accepted extant species
References
Telescopium (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Potamididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Telescopium telescopium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Telescopium at World Register of Marine Species
English
Etymology
The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)
Proper noun
Telescopium
- (astronomy) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.
Derived terms
Translations
small faint constellation of the southern winter sky
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