ARIES

aries. Aries, n. one of the 12 signs, the ram

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‖A″ri‐es, n. [] 1. 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
2. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram.