- [uncountable]
the tenth sign of the zodiac, the Goat 黄道第十宫;摩羯宫;摩羯(星)座 - [countable]
a person born when the sun is in this sign, that is, between 21 December and 20 January, approximately 属摩羯座的人(约出生于 12 月 21 日至 1 月 20 日)
Word OriginOld English, from Latin capricornus, from caper, capr- ‘goat’ + cornu ‘horn’, on the pattern of Greek aigokēros ‘goat-horned, Capricorn’.