Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unicorn
- not comparableHaving a single horn.
To the second series belong the unicorned and bicorned species of Asia.
1868, Hugh Falconer, Charles Murchison, Palæontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer3 more examples
Doctor Shepard related in his book that unicorned sheep exist in Nepal and on occasion are even sent to Europe.
1938, Life and Letters To-day - Volume 20, page 35Here may be the explanation of the one-horned cows and bulls that Aelian says were to be found in Ethiopia and of the unicorned cattle reported by Pliny as living in the land of the Moors.
2012, Clint Marsh, Varla Ventura, UnicornicopiaClearly a unicorned animal could be produced by bending an animal's horns inwards as they grew and twisting them together, or, presumably, by removing one horn and manipulating the other.
2014, Chris Lavers, The Natural History Of Unicorns
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