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Virgo

virgo

(Science: astronomy) A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of august, marked thus [<Virgo/] in almanacs.

A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign libra, and containing the bright star spica.

Origin: L. Virgo a virgin, the constellation Virgo in the zodiac. See Virgin.


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