Mo·noc·er·os (m -n s r-s)n. A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor. [Middle English, unicorn, from Old French, from Latin monocer  s, from Greek monokers, having one horn : mono-, mono- + keras, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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
[via Old French from Latin: unicorn, from Greek monokeros with a single horn, from mono- + keras horn]
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