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Mo⋅noc⋅er⋅os

  [muh-nos-er-uhs]
–noun, genitive -noc⋅er⋅o⋅tis  [-nos-uh-roh-tis] . Astronomy.
the Unicorn, a constellation south of Gemini and east of Orion.
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Mo·noc·er·os   (mə-nŏs'ər-əs)   
n.  A constellation near Canis Major and Canis Minor.

[Middle English, unicorn, from Old French, from Latin monocerōs, from Greek monokerōs, having one horn : mono-, mono- + keras, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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monoceros 
c.1300, "the unicorn," from O.Fr., from L., from Gk. monokeros, from mono- "single" + keras "horn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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