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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. [1913 Webster] 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? --Job xxxix.
10.
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Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under {Reem}.
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3. (Zo"ol.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
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4. (Zo"ol.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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5. (Mil.) A howitzer. Obs.
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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"ol.), the narwhal.
Unicorn moth (Zo"ol.), a notodontian moth ({Coelodasys
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"ol.), 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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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