Monoceros

See also: monoceros

English

Etymology

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monoceros, a "unicorn"

Proper noun

Monoceros

(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

winter constellation of the northern sky

French: Licorne (fr) f
German: Einhorn (de) n
Greek: Μονόκερως (el) m (Monókeros)
Irish: an tAonbheannach m

Malay: Kuda Sumbu
Polish: Jednorożec (pl) m
Russian: Единорог (Jedinorog)
Spanish: Monoceros

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