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Webster 1913 Edition
Unicorn
U′ni-corn
,Noun.
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.
☞ The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under
Reem
. 3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
(b)
The larva of a unicorn moth.
4.
(Zool.)
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
(Zool.)
, the narwhal.
– Unicorn moth
(Zool.)
, 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 (Chamaelirium luteum
). Both are used in medicine. Unicorn shell
(Zool.)
, 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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Unicorn
U'NICORN
,Noun.
1.
an animal with one horn; the monoceros. this name is often applied to the rhinoceros.2.
The sea unicorn is a fish of the whale kind, called narwal, remarkable for a horn growing out at his nose.3.
A fowl.fossil unicorn, or fossil unicorn's horn, a substance used in medicine, a terrene crustaceous spar.