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Cygnus Cygnus

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Noun

1. cygnus cygnus, whooper, whooper swan

common Old World swan noted for its whooping call

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Cygnus Cygnus

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nounWord forms: Latin genitive Cygni (ˈsɪɡnaɪ )
a constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way. The constellation contains the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, the intense radio galaxy Cygnus A, and the intense galactic X-ray source Cygnus X–1, which is probably a black hole

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Cygnus Cygnus

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noun
1.  Greek Mythology
a king of the Ligurians who is changed into a swan
2. 
a N constellation in the Milky Way near Lyra, containing the bright star Deneb; the Northern Cross; the Cross; the Swan

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