Capricorn

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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              The sun was entered into Capricorn.   --Dryden.
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     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.
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     {Capricorn beetle} (Zool.), 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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Capricorn
       n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
            Capricorn [syn: {Goat}]
       2: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;
          between Sagittarius and Aquarius [syn: {Capricornus}]
       3: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
          about December 22 to January 19 [syn: {Capricorn the Goat},
           {Goat}]