unicorn 音标拼音: [j'unɪk
, ɔrn]
n . 独角兽;独角野牛
独角兽;独角野牛
unicorn n 1 :
an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead Unicorn \
U "
ni *
corn \,
n . [
OE .
unicorne ,
F .
unicorne ,
L .
unicornis one -
horned ,
having a single horn ;
unus one cornu a horn ;
cf .
L .
unicornuus a unicorn .
See {
One },
and {
Horn }.]
1 .
A fabulous animal with one horn ;
the monoceros ; --
often represented in heraldry as a supporter .
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2 .
A two -
horned animal of some unknown kind ,
so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures .
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? --
Job xxxix .
10 .
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Note :
The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus .
See the Note under {
Reem }.
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3 . (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax .
(
b )
The larva of a unicorn moth .
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4 . (
Zool .)
The kamichi ; --
called also {
unicorn bird }.
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5 . (
Mil .)
A howitzer . [
Obs .]
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{
Fossil unicorn },
or {
Fossil unicorn '
s horn } (
Med .),
a substance formerly of great repute in medicine ; --
named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn .
{
Unicorn fish }, {
Unicorn whale } (
Zool .),
the narwhal .
{
Unicorn moth } (
Zool .),
a notodontian moth ({
Coelodasys unicornis })
whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back ; --
called also {
unicorn prominent }.
{
Unicorn root } (
Bot .),
a name of two North American plants ,
the yellow -
flowered colicroot ({
Aletris farinosa })
and the blazing star ({
Chamaelirium luteum }).
Both are used in medicine .
{
Unicorn shell } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell .
Most of them belong to the genera {
Monoceros }
and {
Leucozonia }.
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154 Moby Thesaurus words for "
unicorn ":
Argus ,
Briareus ,
Cerberus ,
Charybdis ,
Cyclops ,
Echidna ,
Gorgon ,
Harpy ,
Hydra ,
Loch Ness monster ,
Medusa ,
Minotaur ,
Pegasus ,
Python ,
Scylla ,
Sphinx ,
Talos ,
Typhon ,
achievement ,
alerion ,
animal charge ,
annulet ,
argent ,
armorial bearings ,
armory ,
arms ,
azure ,
bandeau ,
bar ,
bar sinister ,
baton ,
bearings ,
bend ,
bend sinister ,
billet ,
blazon ,
blazonry ,
bordure ,
broad arrow ,
cadency mark ,
canton ,
centaur ,
chaplet ,
charge ,
chevron ,
chief ,
chimera ,
coat of arms ,
cockatrice ,
coronet ,
crescent ,
crest ,
cross ,
cross moline ,
crown ,
device ,
difference ,
differencing ,
dragon ,
drake ,
eagle ,
equipage ,
ermine ,
ermines ,
erminites ,
erminois ,
escutcheon ,
falcon ,
fess ,
fess point ,
field ,
file ,
flanch ,
fleur -
de -
lis ,
four -
in -
hand ,
fret ,
fur ,
fusil ,
garland ,
griffin ,
gules ,
gyron ,
hatchment ,
helmet ,
heraldic device ,
hippocampus ,
honor point ,
impalement ,
impaling ,
inescutcheon ,
label ,
lion ,
lozenge ,
mantling ,
marshaling ,
martlet ,
mascle ,
mermaid ,
merman ,
metal ,
motto ,
mullet ,
nixie ,
nombril point ,
octofoil ,
ogre ,
ogress ,
or ,
ordinary ,
orle ,
pair ,
pale ,
paly ,
pean ,
pheon ,
purpure ,
quarter ,
quartering ,
randem ,
rig ,
roc ,
rose ,
sable ,
salamander ,
saltire ,
satyr ,
scutcheon ,
sea horse ,
sea serpent ,
shield ,
siren ,
span ,
spike ,
spike team ,
spread eagle ,
subordinary ,
tandem ,
team ,
tenne ,
three -
up ,
tincture ,
torse ,
tressure ,
troll ,
turnout ,
vair ,
vampire ,
vert ,
werewolf ,
windigo ,
wreath ,
xiphopagus ,
yale ,
zombie Unicorn described as an animal of great ferocity and strength (
Num .
23 :
22 ,
R .
V ., "
wild ox ,"
marg ., "
ox -
antelope ;"
24 :
8 ;
Isa .
34 :
7 ,
R .
V ., "
wild oxen "),
and untamable (
Job 39 :
9 ).
It was in reality a two -
horned animal ;
but the exact reference of the word so rendered (
reem )
is doubtful .
Some have supposed it to be the buffalo ;
others ,
the white antelope ,
called by the Arabs rim .
Most probably ,
however ,
the word denotes the Bos primigenius ("
primitive ox "),
which is now extinct all over the world .
This was the auerochs of the Germans ,
and the urus described by Caesar (
Gal .
Bel .,
vi .
28 )
as inhabiting the Hercynian forest .
The word thus rendered has been found in an Assyrian inscription written over the wild ox or bison ,
which some also suppose to be the animal intended (
comp .
Deut .
33 :
17 ;
Ps .
22 :
21 ;
29 :
6 ;
92 :
10 ).
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