unicorn

u·ni·corn  (yn-kôrn)

n.

1.

a. A fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

b. Heraldry A representation of this beast, having a horse's body, a stag's legs, a lion's tail, and a straight spiraled horn growing from its forehead, especially employed as a supporter for the Royal Arms of Great Britain or of Scotland.

2. Unicorn Astronomy The constellation Monoceros.

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[Middle English unicorne, from Old French, from Late Latin nicornis, from Latin, having one horn : nus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + corn, horn; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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unicorn [ˈjuːnɪˌkɔːn]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs: (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

[from Old French unicorne, from Latin ūnicornis one-horned, from ūnus one + cornu a horn]

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unicorn - From a Greek wild ox known as monokeros, "one horn," which, in Latin, became unicornis.

See also related terms for horn.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unicorn - an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

Translations

unicorn [ˈjuːnɪkɔːn] N → unicornio m

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unicorn [ˈjuːnikɔː^rn] n → licorne f

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unicorn

n → Einhorn nt

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unicorn [ˈjuːnɪˌkɔːn] n → unicorno

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unicorn

n unicorn [ˈjuːnikoːn]

in mythology, an animal like a horse, but with one straight horn on the forehead. eenhoring وَحيد القَرْن еднорог jednorožec enhjørning das Einhorn μονόκερος (μυθικό άλογο) unicornio ükssarv(ik) تک شاخ yksisarvinen licorne חַד-קֶרֶן एकश्रृंग jednorog egyszarvú einhyrningur unicorno 一角獣 일각수(一角獸) vienaragis vienradzis unikorn eenhoorn enhjørning jednorożec unicórnio unicorn единорог jednorožec samorog jednorog enhörning สัตว์ชนิดหนึ่งในเทพนิยาย (mitolojik) tek boynuzlu at 獨角獸 єдиноріг ايک افسانوي جانور con kỳ lân 独角兽