Horned Goat

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Horned Goat

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Calque of Latin Capricornus.

proper noun the Horned Goat

The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus. Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts ma
Similar: Goat, Sea-goat

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@misc{horned_goat_2026,
  title = {Horned Goat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horned%20goat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}