Volans

See also: volans

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (“flying fish”).

Proper noun

Volans

(astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.

Derived terms

Volantis

Translations

small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky

Finnish: Lentokala (fi)
French: Poisson volant (fr) m
German: Fliegender Fisch m
Irish: an tIasc Eitilte m

Malay: Ikan Terbang
Polish: Ryba Latająca (pl) f
Russian: Летучая Рыба (Letučaja Ryba)
Spanish: Volans

Anagrams

Lovans, Savlon

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