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† ˈequicerve Obs. [ad. late L. equicervus, f. L. equus horse + cervus stag.] (See quots.)
[1398Trevisa Barth. De. P.R. xviii. cx. (1495) 851 In the londe of Perthes is a wylde cowe that hathe heer in her necke as an horse and is of the quantyte of an harte and therfore many men calle that cowe Equiceruus and suche a cowe is wythout hornes.] 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 57 The fielde is Mercury, an Equicerve, of the Moone. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 174/1 An Equicerve, or a Deer-Horse..is a Beast in the Oriental Countreys having the body of a Horse with outward bended horns. |