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Unicorn Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Unicorn?
[n] an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
Synonyms | Synonyms for Unicorn: Related Terms | Find terms related to Unicorn: See Also | imaginary being | imaginary creature Unicorn In Webster's Dictionary \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.]
1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
represented in heraldry as a supporter.
2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? --Job xxxix.
10.
Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under {Reem}.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}.
5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
{Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a
substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
the unicorn.
{Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo["o]l.), the narwhal.
{Unicorn moth} (Zo["o]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[oe]lodasys
unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}.
{Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the
blazing star ({Cham[ae]lirium luteum}). Both are used in
medicine.
{Unicorn shell} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of
the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros}
and {Leucozonia}.
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