Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Capricorn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu
horn: cf. F. capricorne.]
1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun
enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See
{Tropic}.
The sun was entered into Capricorn. --Dryden.
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient
monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its
fore part like a fish.
{Capricorn beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
{Carambucid[ae]}; one of the long-horned beetles. The
larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and
shrubs and are often destructive. See {Girdler}, {Pruner}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Capricorn
n 1: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;
between Sagittarius and Aquarius [syn: {Capricornus}, {Capricorn}]
2: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
December 22 to January 19 [syn: {Capricorn}, {Capricon the
Goat}]
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