nounPlural pyxides ˈpɪksɪs
Origin
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek puxis, from puxos 'box'.
proper nounˈpɪksɪs
Astronomy 1A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the Compass Box or Mariner's Compass), lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis.
- 1.1as genitive Pyxidis /ˈpɪksɪdɪs/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Pyxis.