Quote (ArcticShadow @ May 27 2011 12:48pm)
From the Atlantic Wire:
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Why unicorns? There is nothing in the bible that talks about unicorns...
There is a passage about a Rhinocerous, but no unicorns.
In fact,
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Using the Correct Definition
Unicorn means literally, “one - horned”; it was a one horned animal. If you look in Websters’ 1828 Dictionary of the English Language for the definitions of these two words - unicorn and rhinocerous - here is what you find.
unicorn
U'NICORN, n. [L. unicornis; unus, one, and cornu, horn.]
1. an animal with one horn; the monoceros. this name is often applied to the rhinoceros.
2. The sea unicorn is a fish of the whale kind, called narwal, remarkable for a horn growing out at his nose.
3. A fowl.
fossil unicorn, or fossil unicorn's horn, a substance used in medicine, a terrene crustaceous spar.
Notice there is no mention of a mythical horse like creature.
This post was edited by Torm1 on Jun 1 2011 07:19pm