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capricórnio Catalan
capricorn A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
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Examples for "Capricorn"
Examples for "Capricorn"
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Both Mars and Saturn were in the sign of the zodiac, Capricorn.
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On this day, the Sun is precisely over the Tropic of Capricorn.
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If he turned right, he would walk the plains of southern Capricorn.
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The Sun enters the sign Capricorn on the twenty- first of December.
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To this joyous gem Capricorn has added a whole foison of annotations.
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In Sagittarius, Capricornus, and Aquarius there are no Stars of importance.
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Facing S. Giorgio are Aquarius and Capricornus, facing the Lido are Pisces and Sagittarius.
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The so-called earthy signs were Taurus, Virgo, and Capricornus.
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They are named respectively Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces.
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From a bright, new lithograph the head of Capricornus confronted him, betokening the forward and heady brew.
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The Goat, or Capricornus (Crocodile, in Sanskrit).
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I search for Capricornus, and then use the eyepiece to starhop down the chain of stars off to its left.
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Crossing from Capricornus into Aquarius, he causes the days to increase to the length which they had when he was in Sagittarius.
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Then the full significance of my blunder came to me and I felt like the classic capricornus, meaning goat.
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He finds one day "a Scarabaus capricornus odoratus," which he takes "to be mentioned by Monfetus, folio 150.
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"I was born under the sign of Capricornus, the Goat," she said, overcome with amusement.
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"By the horns of Capricornus!"
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** This constellation was never called Crocodile by the ancient Western astronomers, who described it as a horned goat and called it so-Capricornus.-Ed