Horned Goat

proper noun

The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.

Meanings

proper nounthe Horned Goat
  1. astrologyThe constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.
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    Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts made by philosophers of the Christian and other faiths to give them more prosaic or more religious names.

    1926 November 21, “How old is the zodiac?”, in The Woodend Star, Victoria, page 4, column 6

    Synonyms: Goat, Sea-goat

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.

Origin

  1. LatinCapricornus
  2. EnglishHorned Goat

Calque of Latin Capricornus.

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