capricorn beetle

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capricorn beetle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              The sun was entered into Capricorn.   --Dryden.
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     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.
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     Capricorn beetle (Zool.), 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.
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