monoceros

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mŏnŏcĕros, ōtis, m., = μονόκερως,

a unicorn : asperrimam autem feram monocerotem, reliquo corpore equo similem, capite cervo, pedibus elephanto, cauda apro, mugitu gravi, uno cornu nigro mediā fronte cubitorum duūm eminente, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76; Sol. 52, 39.

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