Unicorn /(?)/

U·ni·corn

Unicorn

n.
  1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
  2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
    Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?
    — Job xxxix. 10.
  3. Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (Zool.)
  4. The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird. (Zool.)
  5. A howitzer. (Mil.) [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds
Fossil unicorn
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
the narwhal.
Unicorn moth
a notodontian moth (Coelodasys unicornis) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also unicorn prominent.
Unicorn root
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
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.