Antlia

[ ant-lee-uh ]

noun

plural: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee] genitive: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee]

1. Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
2. (lowercase) Entomology. the proboscis of a lepidopterous insect.

Antlia

/ ˈæntlɪə /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Hydra and Vela

Other Words From

• ant·li·ate [ant, -lee-eyt], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Antlia¹

< Latin antlia pump, machine for drawing water < Greek antlía bilgewater, a ship's hold, equivalent to ántl ( os ) the hold (of a ship), bilge water + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Antlia¹

C19: from Latin, from Greek: bucket

Example Sentences

This supersized one, located in the constellation Antlia, isn’t necessarily the biggest of all physically, but thanks to its proximity to us, it looks the biggest.

From Science News

The mouth of the butterfly is called by most entomologists antlia; that of the aphis a promuscis; that of the flea a rostrulum.

From Project Gutenberg

A still more extraordinary instance of irritability is exhibited by the antlia, or instrument of suction of the butterfly.

From Project Gutenberg