A*qua"ri*us (#), n. [L. aquarius, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr. aqua. See Aqua.] Astron. (a)
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
(b)
A constellation south of Pegasus.
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