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Because it looks like a dragon and Draco in Latin means "Dragon"!

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The constellation Draco is named after the Latin word for dragon. This is because in ancient mythology, Draco was often depicted as a dragon, such as the dragon that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology.

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