A*qua"ri*us (#), n. [L. aquarius, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. aqua. See Aqua.] Astron. (a)

The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.

(b)

A constellation south of Pegasus.

 

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