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Capricorn Capricorn 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 (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Carambucid[ae]; one of the long-horned beetles. The
larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and
shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
Capricorn beetle Capricorn 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 (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Carambucid[ae]; one of the long-horned beetles. The
larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and
shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic Trop"ic, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.]
1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer,
and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names
of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
2. (Geog.)
(a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
the same names.
(b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
latitude, or near them on either side.
The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
--Bancroft.
