CAPRICORN

capricorn. Capricorn, n. a sign of the zodiac, the goat, a fly

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Cap″ri‐corn (?), n. [[L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]] 1. 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. 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 (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.