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unicorn
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Unicorn
The
unicorn
is a
legendary animal
that has been described since
antiquity
as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling
horn
projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the
Indus Valley Civilization
and was mentioned by the
ancient Greeks
in accounts of
natural history
by various writers, including
Ctesias
,
Strabo
,
Pliny the Younger
, and
Aelian
. The
Bible
also describes an animal, the
re'em
, which some translations have erroneously rendered with the word
unicorn
.
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