unisus
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editunisus (plural unisi)
- (informal) A winged unicorn.
- 1993 February, Michael John II Wybo, “Unique Unicorns”, in Dragon Magazine, number 190, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OL, page 92:
- Unisi are unicorns with pegasi wings, the result of crossbreeding between the two species. A single such creature is called a unisus.
- 1998 November 15, Piers Anthony with Julie Brady, Dream a Little Dream: A tale of myth and moonshine, Tor, →ISBN, →OL, page 19:
- Heat was a unisus and Mich's best friend. He had once belonged to a huge herd of unisi that lived in the sky, above the clouds.
- 2006 September 8, Jacob Cortez, The Legend of the Teenage Sages, Central Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OL, page 267:
- The beauty of the Unisus was simply extraordinary. Its silver-feathered wings stretched across the room, fifteen feet in length. Its glorious, glowing white fur was so pure that it would be invisible in the snow.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unisus.
Synonyms
editSee also
edit- alicorn (horn of a unicorn)