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单词 unicorn
释义 uni·corn
I. \ˈyünəˌkȯrn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English unicorne, from Old French, from Late Latin unicornis (translation of Greek monokeros), from Latin, adjective, having one horn, from uni- + cornu horn — more at horn
1.
 a.
  (1) : a fabulous animal possibly based on faulty old descriptions of the rhinoceros and generally depicted (as in heraldry) with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion, and in the middle of the forehead a single long straight horn held to be a sovereign remedy against poisoning
  (2) : a representation of a unicorn
 b.
  (1) obsolete : the one-horned rhinoceros
  (2) or unicorn whale : narwhal
  (3) : a normally bicorn mammal (as an ox) having the horn buds surgically altered to produce a single median horn
2. : a Scottish gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries weighing 59 grains and having the figure of a unicorn on the obverse
3. or unicorn horn : material reputed to be the horn of the fabulous unicorn and formerly used for ornament, as an anitdote, or as a talisman
4. : a team of three horses harnessed with one as leader to a pair; also : an equipage with such a team
5. obsolete : howitzer
6. : any of several plants (as a colicroot or blazing star) felt to resemble unicorn horn (as in form of root or reputed medical worth)

II. adjective
Etymology: Latin unicornis
: having a single horn or hornlike process
 < a unicorn uterus >
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