Unicorn
['juːnɪkɔːn] or ['junɪkɔrn]
Definition
(noun.) an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
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Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. a fabulous animal mentioned by ancient Greek and Roman authors as a native of India with a body like that of a horse and one straight horn on the forehead: (B.) an unfortunate translation of the Hebrew reé˜ Assyr. r韒u anticipated by the monokerōs of the Septuagint—variously understood as the rhinoceros the urus the wild ox ox-antelope.
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Examples
- There are three there, Bill, with a jolly large blue unicorn and gold pitchfork on 'em: which is the old lady's arms. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In 1883 he commanded the steam sealer SEA UNICORN, of Dundee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- SEA UNICORN, Dundee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Peter Carey was master of the SEA UNICORN, and I was spare harpooner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I spent three days in wiring to Dundee, and at the end of that time I had ascertained the names of the crew of the SEA UNICORN in 1883. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It struck me that if I could see what occurred in the month of August, 1883, on board the SEA UNICORN, I might settle the mystery of my father's fate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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