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alicorn

noun
/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/US/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/UK

Etymology

Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) with unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.

  1. borrowed from alicorno

Definitions

  1. A unicorn.

  2. The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.

    • He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.
    • Two kinds were on the market: Unicornum Verum (Alicorn), thought to be Mammoth Tusk, and Unicornum Falsum, Narwhal tusks.

  3. A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn

    A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.

    • The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.
    • A silver portal opens in the sky and a^([sic]) ebony alicorn stallion gallops from it the silver tips on his black wings shine in the sun's light.
    • Rarity: Why, you've become an alicorn! I didn't even know that was possible. Pinkie Pie: [wearing a costume horn and wings] Alicorn party!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA