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The word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn). (lemmy.world)
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That means we could also use bicorn, tricorn, etc.

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[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

According to Pliny, a creature with a horse's body, deer's head, elephant's feet, lion's tail, and one black horn two cubits long projecting from its forehead

That’s a pretty good description of Elasmotherium.

Pliny should have missed the last Elasmotherium by like 100,000 years, though, give or take a few years.

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