Fornax

  1. Proper noun.  (constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
  2. Proper noun.  (astronomy) A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
  3. Proper noun.  (Greek mythology) The Roman goddess of ovens.

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