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alicorns

Syllables: al·i·cornsUK/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːnz/US/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹnz/

alicorns is the plural of alicorn.

Meaning of alicorn

Noun (1)

alicorn (countable and uncountable, plural alicorns)

  1. (archaic, countable) A unicorn.
  2. (historical) The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
    • He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.1930, Odell Shepard, The Lore of the Unicorn, London: Unwin and Allen, →ISBN, Chapter VI

Noun (2)

alicorn (plural alicorns)

  1. (proscribed) A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.
    • The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.1984 August, Piers Anthony, Bearing an Hourglass, Del Rey Books, published 1992, →ISBN, →OL, page 171
    Synonyms:
    pegacorn, unipeg, unisus

Questions about alicorns

What is alicorns the plural of?
Alicorns is the plural of alicorn.
How do you pronounce alicorns?
Alicorns is pronounced /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹnz/ (US).

Words near alicorns in the dictionary

  1. alicochlear
  2. alicochlears
  3. Alicole
  4. aliconazole
  5. alicorn
  6. alicorns
  7. Alicost
  8. Alics
  9. alicycle
  10. alicycles
  11. alicyclic

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