Having only one horn. In quot. lOE as n.: a unicorn.
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| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > unicorn (6) one-hornedlOE Having only one horn. In quot. lOE as n.: a unicorn. unicorn?c1225 A fabulous and legendary animal usually regarded as having the body of a horse with a single horn projecting from its forehead (cf. sense 3 note)… monocerosc1400 The unicorn, or a similar mythical one-horned creature. Now archaic and historical. Indian ass1594 a mythical animal resembling an antelope, with a single horn and uncloven hooves. licorn1842 ‘An old name for the howitzer of the last [i.e. 18th] century, then but a kind of mortar fitted on a field-carriage to fire shells at low angles’… Subcategories:— tricorn (1) |
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