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unicorns

noun

Meaning

  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. (sexual slang) To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.
  8. To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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