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 U’nicorn.Unigen’itus (Latin, The Only-Begotten). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Unicorns.
 
So whale-fishers call narwhals, from the long twisted tusks, often eight feet long.   1
 


 U’nicorn.Unigen’itus (Latin, The Only-Begotten). 

 
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