[yoo-ni-kawrn] 
| 1. | a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity. |
| 2. | a heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and spirally twisted horn. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Monoceros. |
| 4. | an animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or rhinoceros. |
| 5. | a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a unicorn. |
| u·ni·corn (yōō'nĭ-kôrn') n.
[Middle English unicorne, from Old French, from Late Latin ūnicornis, from Latin, having one horn : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + cornū, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
A mythical animal resembling a small horse but with a long, straight horn growing out of its forehead. Often it was described as having the legs of a deer and the tail of a lion. Some sources claim it was visible only to virgins.