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unicorn

u·ni·corn [ yni kàwrn ] (plural u·ni·corns)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. mythical one-horned horse: a mythical animal usually depicted as a white horse with a single straight spiraled horn growing from its forehead

2. biblical horned animal: in the Bible, a horned animal now believed to be a rhinoceros or aurochs

[13th century. Via French< Latin unicornis "one-horned" < cornu "horn"]
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