Monoceros Definition
(obsolete) A unicorn.
(obsolete) A narwhal.
(astronomy) 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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Origin of Monoceros
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Middle English unicorn from Old French from Latin monocerōs from Greek monokerōs having one horn mono- mono- keras horn ker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monoceros, a "unicorn"
From Wiktionary
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From Old French monoceros, from Latin monoceros.
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