Definition of "unicorn" []

• A fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead. (noun)
• Heraldry A representation of this beast, having a horse's body, a stag's legs, a lion's tail, and a straight spiraled horn growing from its forehead, especially employed as a supporter for the Royal Arms of Great Britain or of Scotland. (noun)
• Astronomy The constellation Monoceros. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If most myths have at least one toe in the door of truth than the unicorn is absolutely no exception."
• "Adding consistency and predictability to magic just means a unicorn is a horse with a horn."
• "Besides, the other members of the household are pretty easy to beat: Frederick the unicorn is a thinker, not a doer; Snuffles is all claws and teeth, but he's out instantly if you get him in a "sleeper" hold; and Phenny the Phoenix became a pushover after we instituted the "No Spontaneously Combusting Your Opponent" rule."