Southern Fish

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

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Etymology

Origin of Southern Fish

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Lastly, toward the southern horizon, we must notice the Hydra, Eridanus, the Whale, the Southern Fish, the Ship, and the Centaur.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

But the Water, said to pour from the Waterman, flows between the head of the Southern Fish and the tail of the Whale.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

First, under the He-Goat lies the Southern Fish, facing towards the tail of the Whale.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

It is Fomalhaut, in the mouth of the Southern Fish, Piscis Australis.

From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman

The line through β and α in Pegasus continued 45° to the south points out the important star Fomalhaut in the mouth of the Southern Fish.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir