bicorn
[ bahy-kawrn ]
/ ˈbaɪ kɔrn /
adjective Also bi·cor·nate [bahy-kawr-nit, -neyt] /baɪˈkɔr nɪt, -neɪt/, bi·cor·nu·ate [bahy-kawr-nyoo-it, -eyt] /baɪˈkɔr nyu ɪt, -ˌeɪt/, bi·cor·nu·ous.
Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
shaped like a crescent.
noun
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Definition for bicorn (2 of 3)
Bicorn
[ bahy-kawrn ]
/ ˈbaɪ kɔrn /
noun
(in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.
Compare Chichivache.
Origin of Bicorn
Definition for bicorn (3 of 3)
bicorne
or bi·corn
[ bahy-kawrn ]
/ ˈbaɪ kɔrn /
noun
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
a two-horned animal.
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"Colonel Henry Dodge," said a tall, whip-lean officer wearing a bicorn hat.
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British Dictionary definitions for bicorn
bicorn
bicornate (baɪˈkɔːnɪt, -ˌneɪt) or bicornuate (baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt, -ˌeɪt)
/ (ˈbaɪkɔːn) /
adjective
having two horns or hornlike parts
Word Origin for bicorn
C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi- 1 + cornu horn
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