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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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