Căp'ri-corn, n.

(25), n. [Lat. capricornus, from caper, goat, and cornu, horn.]

1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of the zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about the 21st of December; — represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure having the fore part like a goat, and the hind part like a fish.
2. (Entom.) A beetle of the genus Cerambyx.