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Monoceros

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Mo·noc·er·os  (m-nsr-s)
n.
A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor.

[Middle English, unicorn, from Old French, from Latin monocers, 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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The American province has also sent here representative species; for there is a Galapageian species of Monoceros, a genus only found on the west coast of America; and there are Galapageian species of Fissurella and Cancellaria, genera common on the west coast, but not found (as I am informed by Mr.
 
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