unicorns

[U·ni*corn]

A unicorn is a mythical horse like creature which has one horn on its forehead. During the Middle Ages, a unicorn horn was said to have magical healing properties.

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A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

Noun
an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead


n.
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

n.
A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

n.
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

n.
The larva of a unicorn moth.

n.
The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

n.
A howitzer.


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.] 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?
&hand; The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under Reem. 3. (Zo'94l.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth. 4. (Zo'94l.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird. 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.] Fossil unicorn, ∨ 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'94l.), the narwhal. -- Unicorn moth (Zo'94l.), a notodontian moth (C'd2lodasys 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'91lirium luteum). Both are used in medicine. -- Unicorn shell (Zo'94l.), 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.

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

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