Monoceros
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Mo·noc·er·os
(mə-nŏs′ər-əs)n.
A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor.
[Middle English, unicorn, from Old French, from Latin monocerōs, from Greek monokerōs, having one horn : mono-, mono- + keras, horn; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]
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Monoceros
(məˈnɒsərəs)n, Latin genitive Monocerotis (məˌnɒsəˈrəʊtɪs)
(Astronomy) a faint constellation on the celestial equator crossed by the Milky Way and lying close to Orion and Canis Major
[C14: via Old French from Latin: unicorn, from Greek monokeros with a single horn, from mono- + keras horn]
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