Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - unicorn
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unicorn
– sea unicorn
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1. миф. единорог 2. (U.) астр. Единорог (созвездие) 3. упряжка тройкой 4. зоол. нарвал, единорог (Monodon monoceros; также sea unicorn) 5. ист. шотландская золотая монета (с изображением единорога) 6. уст. носорог 7. библ. тур ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. 1 a a fabulous animal with a horse's body and a single straight horn. b a heraldic representation of this, with a twisted horn, a deer's feet, a goat's beard, and a lion's tail. c used in old translations of the Old Testament for the Hebrew re'em, a two-horned animal, probably a wild ox. 2 a a pair of horses and a third horse in front. b an equipage with these. 3 (in full unicorn whale or sea-unicorn) the narwhal. Etymology: ME f. OF unicorne f. L unicornis f. UNI- + cornu horn, transl. Gk monoceros ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~is, from Latin, having one horn, from uni- + cornu horn — more at horn Date: 13th century a mythical animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion, and a single horn in the middle of the forehead ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(unicorns) In stories and legends, a unicorn is an imaginary animal that looks like a white horse and has a horn growing from its forehead. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an imaginary animal like a white horse with a long straight horn growing on its head ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. unicorne, from L.L. unicornus, from noun use of L. unicornis (adj.) "having one horn," from uni- "one" + cornus "horn;" translating Gk. monoceros. According to Pliny, a creature with a horse's body, deer's head, elephant's feet, lion's tail, and one black horn two cubits long projecting from its forehead. Used in Vulgate to translate Heb. re'em, which was probably a kind of wild ox. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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