AQUARIUS

aquarius. Aquarius, n. one of the 12 signs of the zodiac, the rainy sign

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‖A‐qua″ri‐us (�), n. [[L. aquarius, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. aqua. See Aqua.]] (Astron.) (a) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; — so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East. (b) A constellation south of Pegasus.