1. a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus; [syn: Southern Cross, Crux, Crux Australis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Crux Australis
n 1: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern
hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus [syn: Southern
Cross, Crux, Crux Australis]