Pyxis

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pyxis (“little box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís). === Proper noun === Pyxis f A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – certain tortoises native to Madagascar. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata – subclass; Testudines – order; Cryptodira – suborder; Testudinoidea – superfamily; Testudinidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Pyxis arachnoides (spider tortoise), Pyxis planicauda (flat-backed spider tortoise) - species === References === Pyxis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pyxis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Pyxis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === Named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica (“nautical compass”), from Latin pyxis (“little box”). === Proper noun === Pyxis (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation. ==== Derived terms ==== Pyxidis ==== Translations ==== === See also === Argo Argo Navis Carina Puppis Vela == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pyxis (literally “little box”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʏksɪs/ === Noun === Pyxis f (genitive Pyxis, plural Pyxiden or Pyxides) (Roman Catholicism) pyx (small container used to hold the host) Synonyms: Hostienbehälter, Hostiendose pyxis (small box to keep jewellery etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Büchse === Proper noun === Pyxis f (proper noun, genitive Pyxis, plural Pyxiden or Pyxides) (astronomy) Pyxis (spring constellation of the southern sky) Synonym: Schiffskompass === Further reading === “Pyxis” in Duden online “Pyxis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)