sextans

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sextans - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sextans \Sex"tans\, n. [L. See Sextant.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
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     2. (Astron.) A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the
        Sextant.
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