Cap·ri·corn /ˈkæprɪˌkɔrn/
磨羯座;磨羯宮
Cap·ri·corn n.
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 Zool., 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.
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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]