Apus

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

Origin

• Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from Ancient Greek ἄπους ("sand martin"), from ἀ- + πούς (the birds rarely show their feet).