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Cygnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cygnus is the
Latin word for swan and may
refer to:
Cygnus (constellation), a
northern constellation...
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Swans are
birds of the
genus Cygnus within the
family Anatidae. The swans'
closest relatives include the
geese and ducks.
Swans are
grouped with the closely...
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Cygnus is a
northern constellation on the
plane of the
Milky Way,
deriving its name from the
Latinized Gr**** word for swan.
Cygnus is one of the most recognizable...
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Cygnus is an
expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for
International Space Station (ISS)
resupply missions. It was
initially developed...
- The
whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan";
Cygnus cygnus), also
known as the
common swan, is a
large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian...
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Cygnus A (3C 405) is a
radio galaxy, one of the
strongest radio sources in the sky. A
concentrated radio source in
Cygnus was
discovered by
Grote Reber...
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Cygnus Solutions,
originally Cygnus Support, was
founded in 1989 by John Gilmore,
Michael Tiemann and
David Henkel-Wallace to
provide commercial support...
- The
tundra swan (
Cygnus columbi****) is a
small swan of the Holarctic. The two taxa
within it are
usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes...
- The
Orion Arm, also
known as the Orion–
Cygnus Arm, is a
minor spiral arm
within the
Milky Way
Galaxy spanning 3,500 light-years (1,100 p****cs) in width...
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Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a
galactic X-ray
source in the
constellation Cygnus and was the
first such
source widely accepted to be a
black hole...
