The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unicorn \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.]
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
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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.
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(Zo["o]l.)
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
The larva of a unicorn moth.
(Zo["o]l.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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(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.