BICORN


Meaning of BICORN in English

/buy"kawrn/ , n.

(in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands. Cf. Chichivache .

[ 1375-1425; late ME Bycorne bicornis BICORN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .