Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A unicorn, or some other one-horned animal, real or imaginary.
- noun [capitalized] A constellation, the Unicorn, south of the Twins and the Crab, and between the two Dogs, introduced by Jacob Bartsch in 1624.
- noun The narwhal, Monodon monoceros.
- noun [capitalized] In zoology:
- noun A genus of prosobranchiates of the family Muricidæ, so called from the large spine on the outer lip; the unicorn-shells. There are several species from the west coast of America.
- noun A genus of balistoid fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
- noun (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy A
winter constellation of thenorthern sky, said to resemble aunicorn . It lies amid theMilky Way , just east of the constellationOrion .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros ( 'the Unicorn').
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The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros ( 'the Unicorn').
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You'll find it about 2 degrees northeast of star 13 in Monoceros.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: January 15-17, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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The system lies in the constellation Monoceros, and is about 480 light-years away.
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The comet itself is now receding and tracking southwards in the constellation Monoceros, to the E of Orion in our morning sky.
Starwatch: Comets Hartley 2 and Ikeya-Murakami Alan Pickup 2010
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This unusual rocky world was the first planet found orbiting the star COROT-7, an orange dwarf in the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn.
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Our last object was Messier 50 also known as M 50 or NGC 2323 is an open cluster in the constellation Monoceros.
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Open cluster Messier 50 M50, NGC 2323 is a pretty and considerably bright object located in a rich part of stars and nebulae in constellation Monoceros, near its border to Canis Major.
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The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros 'the Unicorn'.
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The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros 'the Unicorn'.
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