Cygnus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cygnus \Cyg"nus\ (s?g"n?s), n. [L., a swan.] (Astron.)
     A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or
     following, Lyra; the Swan.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Cygnus
       n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus
            and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole
       2: a genus of Anatidae [syn: {genus Cygnus}]