1A southern constellation (the Poop or Stern), lying partly in the Milky Way south of Canis Major and originally part of Argo.

1. 1.1as genitive Puppis Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Puppis.
   与其前面的字母或数字连用以标记该星座中的星船尾星座的
   the star Zeta Puppis

   船尾座ζ星。