sea-unicornn.

1. The Narwhal.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Monodontidae > genus Monodon (narwhal)

monoceros1590

sea-unicorn1646

narwhal1650

unicorn whale1668

seahorse1674

unicorn-fish1688

unicorn1694

monodon1752

unicorn narwhal1813

unie1874

sea-monoceros-

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiii. 167 The Sea-Unicornes,..are of that strength and bignesse, as able to penetrate the ribs of ships.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. i. 30 The Angel a Sea-Unicorn espy'd.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxvii. 340 That monodontal process which gives them their name of sea-unicorn.

attributive.1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sea-unicorn Tooth, a name for the spiral horn or tusk of the narwhal.

2. = sea-bat n. 3.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of family Ogcocephalidae (sea-bat)

water bat1681

sea-bat1756

nose-fish1828

sea-unicorna1832

batfish1861

a1832 J. F. South in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 722 Near the openings of the nostrils is a little, hard, horny appendage, terminating in a tubercle, and hence the fish [Malthe vespertilio] has sometimes been called the Sea Unicorn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sea-unicorn
释义	sea-unicornn. 1. The Narwhal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Monodontidae > genus Monodon (narwhal) monoceros1590 sea-unicorn1646 narwhal1650 unicorn whale1668 seahorse1674 unicorn-fish1688 unicorn1694 monodon1752 unicorn narwhal1813 unie1874 sea-monoceros- 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiii. 167 The Sea-Unicornes,..are of that strength and bignesse, as able to penetrate the ribs of ships. View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. i. 30 The Angel a Sea-Unicorn espy'd. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxvii. 340 That monodontal process which gives them their name of sea-unicorn. attributive.1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sea-unicorn Tooth, a name for the spiral horn or tusk of the narwhal. 2. = sea-bat n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of family Ogcocephalidae (sea-bat) water bat1681 sea-bat1756 nose-fish1828 sea-unicorna1832 batfish1861 a1832 J. F. South in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 722 Near the openings of the nostrils is a little, hard, horny appendage, terminating in a tubercle, and hence the fish [Malthe vespertilio] has sometimes been called the Sea Unicorn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1646
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