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bi•corn

Pronunciation: (bī'kôrn), [key]
—adj. Also,bi•cor•natePronunciation: (bī-kôr'nit, -nāt), [key]bi•cor•nu•atePronunciation: (bī-kôr'nyOO-it, -āt"), [key]bi•cor'nu•ous.
1. Bot., Zool.having two horns or hornlike parts.
2. shaped like a crescent.

—n.
bicorne.

Bi•corn

Pronunciation: (bī'kôrn), [key]
—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.

biconvex

bicorne