Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Capricorn

Capricorn , noun

[Latin capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: compare French capricorne.]

1.
(Astronomy) 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.
(Astronomy) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Collocations (1)
Capricorn beetle (Zoology) , any beetle of the family Carambucida; one of the long-horned beetles. The larva usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.