1. Why was the constellation Monoceros named Monoceros?
2. Whats a brief hisory behind the meaning and origin of Monoceros
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and i'd prefer sources please if you have anyQuestions about the constellation Monoceros?It's a unicorn named in Greek instead of Latin:
Greek "mono-" = Latin "uni-" ("single")
Greek "keras" = Latin "cornu" ("horn," or "corn" meaning hardened skin, like a corn on the foot); "keros" in Greek = horned
Compare the name to "rhinoceros"!
References below have more info, especially the first.Questions about the constellation Monoceros?That's what I was going to say... he's right
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