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proper noun 
  1. (constellation) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
Translations: 
  • French: Réticule
  • German: Netz
  • Spanish: Reticulum
Etymology: Named by the French astronomer w:Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later reticulum, a "reticle". The meaning is often wrongly interpreted as a "net", which is an older meaning of the Latin root word.

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noun (reticul, a)
  1. A network
  2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
  3. (zoology): The second stomach in a cow or other ruminant
Etymology: From reticulumLatin, reticulum, a "net"

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