unicorn

Definition of Unicorn in English :

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Noun

1. unicorn

an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Unicorn

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noun

1.

an imaginary creature depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead, regarded as symbol of innocence and purity

2. Old Testament

a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

3. business informal

a recently launched business enterprise that is valued at more than one billion dollars

Unicorn

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noun

1.

a mythical horselike animal with a single horn growing from the center of its forehead

2. Bible

a two-horned, oxlike animal: Deut. 33:17

Unicorn

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n.

1.

a. A fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiral horn projecting from its forehead.

b. Heraldry A representation of this beast, having a horse's body, a stag's legs, a lion's tail, and a straight spiral horn growing from its forehead, especially employed as a supporter for the Royal Arms of Great Britain or of Scotland.

2. Unicorn The constellation Monoceros.

3.

a. Something that is greatly desired but difficult or impossible to find: “Is antigravity the unicorn of physics? Or do we simply lack the strategy and bait to catch it in an experimental snare?” (Jerome Groopman).

b. Business A startup company valued at one billion dollars or more.

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