Monoceros

Definitions

1. A unicorn.
   obsolete
2. A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.
3. A narwhal.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The ancients were most liberal with their descriptions of fabulous animals, and the Monoceros or Unicorn was a favourite subject with them; but I am not aware whether or no the account which Spencer gives has so early an origin.”

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