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Monoceros
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monoceros
English
Etymology
First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From en la monocerōs unicorn.
Proper noun
en constellation 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
en Monocerotis
Monocerotids
Translations
winter constellation of the northern sky
Dutch: nl Eenhoorn m
Esperanto: eo Unukornulo
Finnish: fi Yksisarvinen
French: fr Licorne f
German: de Einhorn n
Greek: el Μονόκερως m
Irish: ga Aonbheannach m an tAonbheannach
Malay: ms Kuda Sumbu
Polish: pl Jednorożec m
Russian: ru Единорог
Spanish: es Monoceros
Yiddish: yi איינהאָרן m