unicorn
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From Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from unus (“one”) + cornu (“horn”).
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unicorn (plural unicorns)
- A mythical beast traditionally represented as having the legs of a buck, the body of a horse, the tail of a lion with a single spiral horn on its head; a symbol of virginity.
- A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
- (historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם); a reem or wild ox.
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Numbers 24:8:
- God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Numbers 24:8:
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mythical beast
