bicorn
[ bahy-kawrn ]
adjectiveAlso 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
Origin of bicorn
1Words Nearby bicorn
Other definitions for Bicorn (2 of 2)
Bicorn
[ bahy-kawrn ]
noun
(in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.
Origin of Bicorn
2- Compare Chichivache.
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How to use bicorn in a sentence
"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
Origin of bicorn
1C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi- 1 + cornu horn
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