Complete Definition of "unicorn"

English
Image:DomenichinounicornPalFarnese.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Unicorn with a maiden, fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 (1)
Etymology
L. unus : one + cornu - u : horn.

Noun
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en-noun

  1. A mythical beast traditionally represented as having the legs of a buck, the body of a horse, the tail of a lion with a single spiral horn on its head; a symbol of virginity.
  2. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
  3. A mistranslation by the King James Bible (wild ox according to RSV). Young Earth Creationists and Fundamentalists believe the Unicorn to be some type of extinct one horned animal, possibly a dinosaur:

#: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? � Job 39:9-10 KJV.

Translations
trans-top|mythical beast
Bosnian: jednorog m
Chinese: �� (qí lín)
Croatian: jednorog m
Czech: jednorožec m
Dutch: eenhoorn m
Finnish: yksisarvinen
French: licorne f
German: Einhorn n
Italian: unicorno m
Japanese: JAchar|��� (ikkakujū), ����� (yunik�n)
Macedonian: едно�ог m
Maltese: unikorn m
Norwegian: enhjørning m
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Russian: едино�ог /jedinoróg/ m
Scottish Gaelic: aon-adharcach m, sròin-adharcach m, biast-na-sgrogaig f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �едно�ог m
:Roman: jednorog#Serbian|jednorog m
Slovak: jednorožec#Slovak|jednorožec m
Slovene: samorog m, enorog m
Spanish: unicornio m
Swedish: enhörning c
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See also
bicorne
tricorn, tricorne

Category:Heraldic charges
Category:Mythological creatures
Category:Fantasy

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