pyxis noun. ['pɪksɪs] Pl. pyxides ['pɪksɪdi:z]. LME.
[Latin: see PYX noun.]
1. Anatomy. The acetabulum. LME-M19.
2. A small box or vase; a casket. M16.
3. More fully Pyxis Nautica ['nɔ:tɪkǝ] [Latin, fem. of nauticus NAUTICAL]. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis and orig. part of Argo; the Mariner's Compass. L17.

4. Botany. = PYXIDIUM. M19.

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