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unicorn-fish
[Cf. unicorn 8 b.]
The narwhal or sea-unicorn, Monodon monoceros.
1688R. Holme Armory iv. vii. (Roxb.) 324/1 For his Supporters he beareth a vnicorne fish, Argent, the fish or taile part, Azure: Horne, Hoofes, and finns, Or. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 314 Monodon. The Unicorn-fish, or Narwal. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 220 The Jackulator Fish, the Unicorn Fish, the Trumpet Fish. 1812J. Walker Ess. Nat. Hist. 527 Monodon Monoceros. Linn... Scot. Unicorn Fish. 1860Wraxall Life in Sea i. 12 The Narwhal, or Unicorn-fish, attains a length of twenty or twenty-five feet.
b. (See quots.)
1876Goode Fishes of Bermudas 17 The Bahama Unicorn-Fish is Alutera scripta. 1900Nature 21 June 182/2 An example of the rare unicorn-fish (Lophotes cepedianus) from the Cape of Good Hope.
c. One or other of various fishes belonging to the genus Acanthurus. (Webster, 1911.) |