[Cf. UNICORN 8 b.] The narwhal or sea-unicorn, Monodon monoceros.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armory, IV. vii. (Roxb.), 324/1. For his Supporters he beareth a vnicorne fish, Argent, the fish or taile part, Azure: Horne, Hoofes, and finns, Or.

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1752.  J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 314. Monodon. The Unicorn-fish, or Narwal.

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1773.  Gentl. Mag., XLIII. 220. The Jackulator Fish, the Unicorn Fish, the Trumpet Fish.

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1812.  J. Walker, Ess. Nat. Hist., 527. Monodon Monoceros. Linn. … Scot. Unicorn Fish.

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1860.  Wraxall, Life in Sea, i. 12. The Narwhal, or Unicorn fish, attains a length of twenty or twenty-five feet.

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  b.  (See quots.)

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1876.  Goode, Fishes of Bermudas, 17. The Bahama Unicorn-Fish is Alutera scripta.

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1900.  Nature, 21 June, 182/2. An example of the rare unicorn-fish (Lophotes cepedianus) from the Cape of Good Hope.

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  c.  One or other of various fishes belonging to the genus Acanthurus. (Webster, 1911.)

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