Cap"ri*corn (?), n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]
1. Astron.
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. Astron.
A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Capricorn beetle Zool., any beetle of the family Carambucidae; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvae usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
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