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bicorn

1 American  
[bahy-kawrn] / ˈbaɪ kɔrn /

adjective

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

  2. shaped like a crescent.

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.

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

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