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moonchild

American

[moon-chahyld] / ˈmunˌtʃaɪld /

noun

a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

moonchildren

plural

Etymology

Origin of moonchild

1965–70; moon + child; so called because of the astrological pairing of the moon with Cancer

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