Your Query of 'monoceros' Resulted in 2 Matches
Displaying Items 1 through 2
Definitions
Monoceros Tweet Definition of Monoceros Like Definition of Monoceros on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.
Translations: 
  • French: Licorne
  • German: Einhorn
  • Spanish: Monoceros
Etymology: First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From monocerosLatin, monoceros, a "unicorn"


Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for Monoceros for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

     

monoceros Tweet Definition of monoceros Like Definition of monoceros on Facebook
noun 
  1. (obsolete) a unicorn
  2. (obsolete) a narwhal
Etymology: From monocerosOld French, monoceros, from monocerosLatin, monoceros < Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (monokerÅs) "having one horn" < (polytonic, ) (monos) "one" + (polytonic, ) (keras) "horn".


Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for monoceros for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

     
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.