Monoceros

[ muh-nos-er-uh s ]

/ məˈnɒs ər əs /

the Unicorn, a constellation south of Gemini and east of Orion.

Example sentences from the Web for monoceros

The remaining stars of Monoceros will be found on map No. 3.

Pleasures of the telescope |Garrett Serviss
In its present form it was not known to the ancients, not even to Pliny, whose idea of the Monoceros or Unicorn is peculiar.

Curious Creatures in Zoology |John Ashton
The stars forming the western end of Monoceros are depicted on map No. 1.

Pleasures of the telescope |Garrett Serviss
The species described by Leuckart, from Monodon monoceros, is only half an inch long.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold

Turning now to the constellation Monoceros, we shall find a few objects worthy of attention.

Astronomy with an Opera-glass |Garrett Putman Serviss

Monoceros

/ (məˈnɒsərəs) /

a faint constellation on the celestial equator crossed by the Milky Way and lying close to Orion and Canis Major

C14: via Old French from Latin: unicorn, from Greek monokeros with a single horn, from mono- + keras horn