Monoceros

See also: monoceros

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Monoceros

1. (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.

Derived terms

• Monocerotis
• Monocerotids

Translations

winter constellation of the northern sky

• Finnish: Yksisarvinen
• French: Licorne (fr) f
• German: Einhorn (de) n
• Greek: Μονόκερως (el) m (Monókeros)
• Irish: an tAonbheannach m
• Malay: Kuda Sumbu
• Polish: Jednorożec (pl) m
• Russian: Единорог (Jedinorog)
• Spanish: Monoceros
• Yiddish: איינהאָרן m (eynhorn)