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Definition of Antlia
1. Noun. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela.
Definition of Antlia
1. n. The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
Definition of Antlia
1. Proper noun. (constellation): A faint winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pump. The common English name is "Air pump". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antlia
1. the sucking proboscis of moths and butterflies [n ANTLIAE]
Medical Definition of Antlia
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Origin: L, a pump, Gr, hold of a ship.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antlia
Literary usage of Antlia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"... though his body did W move; and another who dreamed that water TO flowing from
his feet. It was the lot of each to te condemned to the antlia ..."
2. Uranography: Or, A Description of the Heavens; Designed for Academics and by Ezra Otis Kendall (1845)
"antlia PNEUMATICA—The Mr-Pump. The Mr-Pump is between Hydra, the Goblet, and Argo
Navis, and was introduced by Lacaille. ..."
3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"... cylindrical pump—Its antiquity—Anciently known un der the Dome of a siphon—The
antlia of the Greeks—Used as a ship pump by the Romans—Bilge ..."
4. An Introduction to Entomology, Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"antlia (the antlia). The oral instrument of Lepi- doptera, in which the ordinary
Trophi are replaced by a spiral, bipartite, tubular machine for suction, ..."
5. Introductio ad philosophiam naturalem by Petrus van Musschenbroek, Johannes Lulofs (1762)
"Ut emboli motus conveniat cum capacitate antlia;, canalis aquam ... Sit antlia
AB , aqua in B, embolus tollatur а В ..."
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