Ensis (disambiguation)

Ensis (disambiguation)

The word ensis:

* may be used to indicate Ensis, a genus of mollusks;
* is the Latin word for sword, and in this meaning may be used to refer either to Eta Orionis, the star that in the constellation of Orion is taken to represent the hero's sheated weapon, or to the Orion nebula seen as surrounding that star.


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