unicorn

(yo̵̅o̅nə kôrn′)

noun

  1. a mythical horselike animal with a single horn growing from the center of its forehead
  2. Origin: < a mistransl. of Heb reem, wild ox

    Bible a two-horned, oxlike animal: Deut. 33:17

Origin: ME unicorne < OFr < L unicornis, one-horned < unus, one + cornu, horn

See unicorn in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English unicorne

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin ūnicornis

Origin: , from Latin, having one horn

Origin: : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + cornū, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots

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