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• bicorn
  bicorn

  adjective

  having two horns or hornlike parts.
• Bicorn
  Bicorn

  noun

  (in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.

bicorn

¹ American  

[bahy-kawrn] / ˈbaɪ kɔrn /

adjective

1. Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.

2. shaped like a crescent.

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noun

1. bicorne.

Bicorn ² American  

[bahy-kawrn] / ˈbaɪ kɔrn /

noun

1. (in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.

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bicorn British  

/ baɪˈkɔːnɪt, ˈbaɪkɔːn, -ˌeɪt, -ˌneɪt, baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt /

adjective

1. having two horns or hornlike parts

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Etymology

Origin of bicorn¹

1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix

Origin of Bicorn²

1375–1425; late Middle English Bycorne < Middle French < Latin bicornis bicorn

Example Sentences

Bicorn, bipartite, duplex, and double uteruses are so called according to the extent of the duplication.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)