[syn: Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat, Goat]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Capricorn
n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Capricorn [syn: Capricorn, Goat]
2: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;
between Sagittarius and Aquarius [syn: Capricornus,
Capricorn]
3: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about December 22 to January 19 [syn: Capricorn, Capricorn
the Goat, Goat]