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monoceros

noun
/məˈnɒsəɹəs/

Etymology

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monocerōs (“unicorn”).

  1. derived from monocerōs
  2. derived from monoceros

Definitions

  1. A unicorn.

    • The ancients were most liberal with their descriptions of fabulous animals, and the Monoceros or Unicorn was a favourite subject with them; but I am not aware whether or no the account which Spencer gives has so early an origin.

  2. A narwhal.

  3. A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the…

    A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA