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alcaucurus
القوقارس al-qawqārus
n. qwqārs – Capricorn (astr.: sign of the zodiac) show/hide quotes-
Ptol. Almag. no. XXXI: Stellatio alcaucurus et eius expositio est habens cornua hirci et est capricornus
Kuni.: كوكبة القوقارس وتفسيره ذو قرنى العنز وهو الجدى
- 1 Ptol. Almag.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
< Arabic < Greek Αἰγοκέρως. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.