Unicorn Definition–noun | 1. | a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity. |
| 2. | a heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and spirally twisted horn. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Monoceros. |
| 4. | an animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or rhinoceros. |
| 5. | a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a unicorn. |
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mythological animal resembling a horse or a kid with a single horn on its forehead. The unicorn appeared in early Mesopotamian artworks, and it also was referred to in the ancient myths of India and ...
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any North American herb of the family Martyniaceae of the flowering plant order Lamiales, and particularly Proboseidea louisianica. There are nine species of unicorn plants, most having large purple ...
unicorn fish
any of certain exclusively marine fishes belonging to the genus Naso, in the family Acanthuridae (order Perciformes), occurring in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The 17 species are herbivorous ...
unicorn beetle
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rhinoceros beetle
any of numerous species of beetle, some of which are among the largest beetles on Earth, named for the impressive hornlike structures on the frontal portions of males. These beetles have rounded, ...
R Monocerotis
(catalog number NGC 2261), stellar infrared source and nebula in the constellation Monoceros (Greek: Unicorn). The star, one of the class of dwarf stars called T Tauri variables, is immersed in a ...
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Judaism
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