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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
Capricorn
noun
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}]
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