What is "capricorn beetle"

Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]

1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

   The sun was entered into Capricorn.
   --Dryden.

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.

   Capricorn beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family Carambucid[ae]; one of the long-horned beetles. The larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.