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unicornu‧ni‧corn /ˈjuːnəkɔːn $ -ɔːrn/ noun [countable] unicornOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French unicorne, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin uni- + cornu ‘horn’ - Among the existing pseudo-entities, ghosts and unicorns are not especially dangerous.
- During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns.
- In the Empire they would be called unicorn.
- Pope Gregory the Great had spoken of taming the wild unicorn, symbol of the man of power.
- She doodled a small, ugly dwarf, then a couple of unicorns.
- She is a unicorn, thought Jay, contriving ways to have their paths cross.
- There are also problems with words like unicorn, roc, elf and dragon.
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