Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—U

Unicorns

So whale-fishers call narwhals, from the long twisted tusks, often eight feet long.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Unigenitus
U'nicorn
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