First Known Use: 1795
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Sextans
noun Sex·tans \ˈseks-ˌtanz\
Definition of SEXTANS
: a constellation on the equator south of Leo
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Origin of SEXTANS
New Latin (genitive Sextantis), literally, sextant
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