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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Hindu mythology and art, a fantastic marine monster figured with the body and tail of a fish and the forelegs, neck, and head of an antelope, an alligator, or a shark: used as a symbolic or ornamental figure, and as the zodiacal sign Capricorn.

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