Lacerta

[luh-sur-tuh]

noun, genitive La·cer·tae

[luh-sur-tee] /ləˈsɜr ti/. Astronomy.

the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.

Origin of Lacerta

< Latin: lizard

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Historical Examples of lacerta

Linnus mentions three species, which he places with his great genus Lacerta.
Reptiles and Birds
Louis Figuier
It was named Lacerta by Hevelius in 1690, and this name it still retains.
Astronomical Curiosities
J. Ellard Gore
The following description, taken in the main from my own observations, applies to Lacerta muralis.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour
Neither have that rapid movement, so characteristic of the genera Lacerta and Iguana.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World
Charles Darwin
The stars γ and β are pointer stars to a fifth-magnitude star the lucida of the asterism Lacerta, the lizard about 15° from β.
A Field Book of the Stars
William Tyler Olcott

British Dictionary definitions for lacerta

Lacerta

noun Latin genitive Lacertae (ləˈsɜːtiː)

a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere, part of which is crossed by the Milky Way, lying between Cygnus and Andromeda

Word Origin for Lacerta

Latin: lizard

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