Monoceros

Meaning

A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.

Synonyms

Unicorn

Translations

Licorne

Monoceros

Monoceros

Μονόκερως

Unicorno

Unicorn

Tekboynuz

Monoceros

Monoceros

Unicòrn

وحيد القرن

Unicórnio

Etymology

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monocerōs (“unicorn”).

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