UNICORNS
Noun
unicorns
plural of unicorn
Verb
unicorns
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unicorn
Source: Wiktionary
UNICORN
U"ni*corn, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or
prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
5. (Mil.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the narwhal.
– Unicorn moth (Zoöl.), 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
(Chamælirium luteum). Both are used in medicine.
– Unicorn shell (Zoöl.), 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition