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Octans comparison table

Subject	has definition	has historical origin	has synonym	has acronym	is a kind of	has genitive	is an instance of
constellation named by de Lacaille	a constellation named by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance			constellation	which is used when referring to a star in the constellation
Octans		the instrument used to measure the position of Polaris	Octant	Oct		Octantis	constellation named by de Lacaille

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