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Fo•mal•haut
(fō′məl hôt′, -mə lō′),USA pronunciation n. [Astron.]
- Astronomya star of the first magnitude and the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- Spanish Arabic fam al-ḥawt mouth of the fish; so called from its position in the constellation
- 1585–95
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