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Encyclopedia > Unicorn (disambiguation)

A unicorn is a mythical and heraldic beast. The gentle and pensive maiden has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 The Unicorn (from Latin unus one and cornu horn) is a fictitious legendary creature. ...


Unicorn may also refer to:

Binomial name Elasmotherium sibiricum J. Fischer, 1809 The Giant Unicorn (Elasmotherium sibiricum) (Siberian Thin-Plate Beast) was a giant rhinoceros which stood two meters high and six meters (20 feet) long, with a single two-meter-long (7 feet) horn in the forehead. ... Binomial name Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 Narwhal range The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is an Arctic species of cetacean. ... Monoceros (IPA: , Greek: ) is a faint constellation on the winter night sky, surrounded by Orion to the east, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south and Hydra to the west. ... Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See table of families Closeup image of a Wolf Spider Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... Diversity 68 genera, 472 species Genera Oonops Gamasomorpha Ischnothyreus Scaphiella Orchestina  many others The spider family Oonopidae (Goblin spiders) includes about 450 species in about 65 genera worldwide. ... The Unicorns were an indie pop band from Montreal, Canada. ... Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn. ... Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Unicorn, for the narwhal, an Arctic marine cetacean with a single tusk suggesting the horn of a unicorn. ... Honda Unicorn. ... The Hyundai Unicorns (Korean: 현대 유니콘스 or Hyun-dae Yu-ni-kon-seu) are a professional baseball team based in Suwon, South Korea. ... South Korean business tycoon Chung Ju-yung, founder and honorary chairman of Hyundai Group, 1998 Hyundai refers to a group of companies founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea, and related organizations. ... The Sweet Valley book series was created by Francine Pascal in 1983. ... Unicorn is an album by Tyrannosaurus Rex, released in 1969. ... T.Rex (originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, also occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex), were an English rock band fronted by Marc Bolan. ... A folk album by Bill Caddick recorded and released in 2002. ... English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... The Unicorn is the sophmore album of Irish folk music group The Irish Rovers. ... The Irish Rovers is a popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group created in the 1960s. ... Unicorn-Kanchana[1] was an independent record label. ... A fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess, but used in certain chess variants and some chess problems. ... The knight moves in an L shape. ...

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Unicorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3073 words)
Though the popular image of the unicorn is that of a white horse differing only in the horn, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hoofs, which distinguish him from a horse.
The unicorn was also found in courtly terms: for some thirteenth-century French authors such as Thibaut of Champagne and Richard of Fournival, the lover is as attracted to his lady as the unicorn is to the virgin.
In heraldry, a unicorn is depicted as a horse with a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a slender, spiral horn on its forehead.
Unicorn (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (224 words)
The HMS Unicorn, a British sailing vessel of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.
Unicorn, a sexual position where a person puts a dildo on his or her head.
Unicorn may be easily confused with Unicron, a fictional machine.
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