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capricorn

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Adjective, Noun
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Cap=ri=corn

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun capricorn has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

capricornn. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.].
  •  The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.  [1913 Webster]
    "The sun was entered into Capricorn."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.  [1913 Webster]
Capricorn beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

capricorn, n. (also Capricornus)
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a goat's horns.
2 a the tenth sign of the zodiac (the Goat). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.

Derivative
Capricornian n. & adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF capricorne f. L capricornus f. caper -pri goat + cornu horn
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