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 Cap·ri·corn n.
 1. Astron. The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
    The sun was entered into Capricorn.   --Dryden.
 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.
 Capricorn beetle Zool., any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
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