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monoceros¹

  • /məˈnɒsəɹəs/

Where it comes from

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.

noun monoceroses

  1. obsolete A unicorn. The ancients were most liberal with their descriptions of fabulous animals, and the Monoceros or Unicorn was a favourite subject with them; but I am not aware whether or no the account which Spencer gives has so early an origin.
  2. obsolete A narwhal.

Monoceros²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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

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name winter constellation of the northern sky

EspañolMonoceros
FrançaisLicorne
DeutschEinhorn
ΕλληνικάΜονόκερως Monókeros
РусскийЕдинорог Jedinorog

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@misc{monoceros_2026,
  title = {monoceros},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monoceros},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}