Monoceros meaning

mə-nŏs'ər-əs
A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor.
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A S constellation between Orion and Canis Minor.
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(obsolete) A unicorn.
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(obsolete) A narwhal.
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(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

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