noun A mythical horselike creature with a horn on its forehead, supposed to be extremely rare and to be drawn to virgins and other chaste maidens.
noun In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם): a reem or wild ox.
noun Certain animals: Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus. A caterpillar, Schizura unicornis, with a large thorn-like spine on the back near its head. The kamichi, or unicorn bird. A Siberian unicorn, †Elasmotherium sibiricum. An Asian unicorn, or saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.
noun Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus.
noun A caterpillar, Schizura unicornis, with a large thorn-like spine on the back near its head.
noun The kamichi, or unicorn bird.
noun A Siberian unicorn, †Elasmotherium sibiricum.
noun An Asian unicorn, or saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.