a. (and sb.) [ad. L. bicornis two-horned, f. bi- two + cornu horn, prong.]
A. adj. Having two horns or horn-like processes. B. sb. A two-horned animal; cf. unicorn.
[1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Bicorne os, or two-horned bone, in anatomy, the same with the os hyoides.]
1823. Lamb, Elia, Vis. Horns. Bicorns, Tricorns, and so on up to Millecorns.
1847–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 209. The divided and bicorn uterus.
1872. Nicholson, Palæont., 426. Rhinoceros Etruscus is also bicorn.
