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Unukalhai

Arabic
“the serpent's neck”
Where it comes from
unuk al-hayyah, 'the serpent's neck'
Fun Fact
Unukalhai marks the neck of Serpens, the serpent held by Ophiuchus, and Serpens is the only one of the 88 modern constellations divided into two separate parts: the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda).
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