Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAP'RI-CORN
CAP'RI-CORN, n. [L. capricornus, caper, a goat, and cornu, a horn.]
One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, the winter solstice; 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. – Encyc.
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