unicorn

UNICORN

monoceros -otis (the fabulous quadruped and the constellation): *monodon -ontis (the sea-unicorn Liv.).

unicorn: mŏnŏcĕros, ōtis, m.: Plin. 8, 21, 31 (fabulous animal): later, called also, ūnĭcornuus: Tert. (Unicornis, e, occurs as adj. in Plin.).