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A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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A unicorn.
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Usage: obsolete
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A narwhal.
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First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monocerōs (“unicorn”).
From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
Yksisarvinen
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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French:
Licorne
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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German:
Einhorn
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Greek:
Μονόκερως
(Monókeros)
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Irish:
an tAonbheannach
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Malay:
Kuda Sumbu
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Polish:
Jednorożec
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Russian:
Единорог
(Jedinorog)
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Spanish:
Monoceros
— winter constellation of the northern sky
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Yiddish:
איינהאָרן
(eynhorn)
— winter constellation of the northern sky