Definition of Cygnus

1. Noun. A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole.

Generic synonyms: Constellation
Member holonyms: Deneb, Northern Cross

2. Noun. A genus of Anatidae.

Definition of Cygnus

1. n. A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

Definition of Cygnus

1. Proper noun. (constellation): A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Greek mythology): A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cygnus

Cyclophyllidae
Cyclopteridae
Cyclopterus
Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclosorus
Cyclospora
Cyclosporeae
Cyclostomata
Cycnoches
Cyd
Cydippea
Cydippida
Cydippidea
Cydonia
Cydonia oblonga
Cygnus (current term)
Cygnus atratus
Cygnus buccinator
Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Cygnus columbianus columbianus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus olor
Cygwin
Cyllenean
Cyllenian
Cymatiidae
Cymric
Cymrics
Cymro-

Literary usage of Cygnus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"The Cygnus Bewickii of Great Britain has been given as a North American Swan in ... with only that which forms the subject of this article, and the Cygnus ..."

2. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1849)
"Favorably situated for examination in August, September and October. , Cygnus. THE SWAN-—This remarkable constellation is situated in the Milky Way, ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The distribution of the Swans is principally arctic, and they breed in the high north of both hemispheres, but a true Cygnus, the Black-necked Swan (C. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"Cygnus immutabilis, Yarr. PZS 1838, p. 19 (Medway, England) ; f Anas ... Cygnus olor 2 x Anser cinereus ci , Leverk. 1. cpp 218. i is immutabilis x ..."

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