unicorn

Speech parts

1. unicorn - Noun

2. unicorn - Adjective

3. unicorn - Verb

Meaning

A howitzer.

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

The larva of a unicorn moth.

The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spike juggler narwhal generalist handyman jack of all trades all-rounder monoceros hodag narwhale dab hand jill of all trades spike team horned horse alborak
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Antonyms

plain horse simple horse typical horse

Hypernyms

imaginary being imaginary creature

Phrases with the word

Asian unicorn unicorn hunting false unicorn sweet unicorn plant unicorn fish tropical unicorn darner

Examples

After six years of working on low-budget independent films of the too-weird-to-watch variety, being asked by DreamWorks to come and play with the big boys, it was like finding an unicorn in your sock drawer. Sienna Guillory

The Unicorn Sonata ... tells us that our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes - and our ears - to find it. Peter S. Beagle

So wary as to disappear for centuries and reappear but never caught, the unicorn has been preserved by an unmatched device wrought like the work of expert blacksmiths ... Marianne Moore

Here sits the Unicorn - In captivity? In repose. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Phoenix feather and unicorn horns. Chinese Proverb

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

uniconsonantal uniconstant unicore unicorn bait unicorn barf unicorn beast