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unicorn

noun verb

A mythical beast resembling a horse or deer with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

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Word length
7
Starts with
U
Ends with
N
Contains
NI
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/ˈjuːnɪkɔːn/ /ˈjunɪkɔɹn/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A mythical beast resembling a horse or deer with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

  2. In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם): a reem or wild ox.

  3. Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus.

  4. A caterpillar, Schizura unicornis, with a large thorn-like spine on the back near its head.

  5. The kamichi, or unicorn bird.

  6. A howitzer.

  7. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

  8. Being many (especially pastel) colours; multicoloured.

    “unicorn smoothies”

  9. A 15th-century Scottish gold coin worth 18 shillings, bearing the image of a unicorn.

verb

  1. (sexual slang) To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.

  2. To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.

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unicorn smoothies
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