name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈluːpəs/
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lo͝o'pəs
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈluːpəs/
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Canada, General-American:/ˈlupəs/
Texas:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈlʉːpəs/
rhymes with -uːpəs
CMU ARPABET:L UW1 P AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A city and village in Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 4
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: constellation
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noun
Meaning 5
any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder