pyxis
1Pyxis — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pyxis (homonymie) …
2Pyxis — [pik′sis] n. [ModL, short for Pyxis nautica, mariner s compass < L pyxis: see PYX] a S constellation between Puppis and Antlia: see ARGO (sense 2) …
3Pyxis — Pyx*is, n. [L.] 1. A box; a pyx. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A pyxidium. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See {Acetabulum}, 2. [1913 Webster] …
4Pyxis — (v. gr.), 1) Büchse; daher P. nautĭca, Compaß; 2) Büchsenschildkröte …
5Pyxis [1] — Pyxis, Sternbild, s. Schiffskompaß …
6Pyxis [2] — Pyxis (griech.), elfenbeinerne, metallene, hölzerne oder steinerne Büchse zur Aufbewahrung von Hostien. Reliquien etc …
7Pyxis — (grch.), Büchse, ein Kästchen für die Hostien …
8pyxis — [pik′sis] n. pl. pyxides [pik′si dēz΄] [ME < L: see PYX] 1. a vase with a cover, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans 2. a small box or case 3. Bot. a dehiscent, dry fruit whose upper portion splits off as a lid, as the fruit of a pimpernel …
9 Pyxis — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pyxis (homonymie). Pyxis …
10Pyxis — Infobox Constellation name = Pyxis abbreviation = Pyx genitive = Pyxidis symbology = the compass box RA = 9 dec= −30 areatotal = 221 arearank = 65th numbermainstars = 3 numberbfstars = 10 numberstarsplanets = 2 numberbrightstars = 0… …
