bicorn
[
bahy
-kawrn]
/ˈbaɪ kɔrn/
adjective
, Also,
bicornate
[bahy-
kawr
-nit, -neyt]
/baɪˈkɔr nɪt, -neɪt/
(
Show IPA
),
bicornuate
[bahy-
kawr
-nyoo-it, -eyt]
/baɪˈkɔr nyu ɪt, -ˌeɪt/
(
Show IPA
),
bicornuous
1.
Botany, Zoology.
having two horns or hornlike parts.
2.
shaped like a crescent.
noun
3.
bicorne
.
Origin
1745-55;
<
Latin
bicornis,
equivalent to
bi-
bi-
1
+
corn
(
ū
)
horn
+
-is
adj. suffix
Bicorn
[
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.
Compare
Chichivache
.
Origin
1375-1425;
late Middle English
Bycorne
<
Middle French
<
Latin
bicornis
bicorn
British Dictionary definitions for
bicorn
bicorn
/
ˈbaɪkɔːn
/
adjective
1.
having two horns or hornlike parts
Word Origin
C19: from Latin
bicornis
, from
bi-
1
+
cornu
horn