Crater

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Etymology

From Latin crater (“basin; cup”), from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”), from κράμα (kráma, “mixture”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle”).

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Crater

  1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

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Crater ?

  1. Crater (a constellation)
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