Definitions for: Unicorn


[n] an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead



Webster (1913) Definition: 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? --Job xxxix.
10.

Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under Reem.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

5. (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.

See Also: imaginary being, imaginary creature

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