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

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