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Webster 1913 Edition


Monoceros


Mo-noc′e-ros

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
μόνοσ
alone, single +
κέρασ
horn.]
1.
A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
Mighty
monoceroses
with immeasured tails.
Spenser.
2.
(Astron.)
The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.

Webster 1828 Edition


Monoceros

MONOC'EROS

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Noun.
[Gr. sole and horn.] The unicorn.

Definition 2024


Monoceros

Monoceros

See also: monoceros

English

Proper noun

Monoceros

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

Derived terms

Translations

monoceros

monoceros

See also: Monoceros

English

Noun

monoceros (plural monoceroses)

  1. (obsolete) a unicorn
  2. (obsolete) a narwhal

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, having one horn), from μόνος (mónos, one) + κέρας (kéras, horn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs]

Noun

monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension

  1. A unicorn
  2. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.

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