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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
  • A mythical beast traditionally represented as having the legs of a buck, the body of a horse, the tail of a lion with a single spiral horn on its head; a symbol of virginity.
  • The word used in the King James Bible to translate the Hebrew ''re'em''. Modern English translations such as the RSV prefer ''wild ox''; a minority believe the unicorn to be an extinct horned animal, possibly a dinosaur.

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