† equicerven.
Obsolete.
(See quots.)
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hart-wolf1555
equicerve1572
hippopotamus1572
lyciske1572
semitaur1592
lycopanther1607
tityrus1610
jumart1690
lizard-bird1862
plumed serpent1862
baku1881
ophiosaurian1882
Dong1927
merlionc1973
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dragonc1330
griffina1400
yalec1425
mermaid1445
manticorec1470
cockatrice1513
mermaiden1538
opinicus1546
lituit1562
Pegasus1562
equicerve1572
harpy1572
lyciske1572
verme1572
wyver1599
merman1601
lion-dragon1610
lion-poisson1610
wyvern1610
Sagittarius1619
sagittary1632
man-fish1653
sea lion1661
satyral1724
man-tiger1780
sea-dog1780
Welsh dragon1799
camelopardel1830
satyr1845
serpivolant1866
sea monkey1909
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cx. 1258 In þe lond of Parthes is a cowe þat haþ here in hire nekke as an hors and is of þe quantite of an hert and þerfore many men clepen þat cowe equiceruus. And suche a cowe is wiþouten hornes.]
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 57 The fielde is Mercury, an Equicerve, of the Moone.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 174/1 An Equicerve, or a Deer-Horse..is a Beast in the Oriental Countreys having the body of a Horse with outward bended horns.
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