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A '''[[unicorn]]''' is a legendary horse-like beast with a horn on its forehead.

'''Unicorn''' may also refer to:
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A '''[[unicorn]]''' is a mythical and heraldic beast. Unicorns are like horses with a horn in between their ears, and a little lower. Unicorns are usually white.


==Fictional entities==
'''Unicorn''' may refer to:
* [[Unicorn (Marvel Comics)]], a Marvel Comics supervillain
* [[Unicorn (Dungeons & Dragons)|Unicorn (''Dungeons & Dragons'')]], a fantasy role-playing game creature
* [[Unicorn (Tintin)|''Unicorn'' (Tintin)]], a fictional sailing ship, the vessel in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comics
* Unicorn, a character in the Canadian animated series ''[[Animal Mechanicals]]''


==In fiction==
==Film and television==
*''[[The Last Unicorn]]'', a novel written by Peter S. Beagle
* [[The Unicorn (1955 film)|''The Unicorn'' (1955 film)]], a Swedish drama film
*[[The Last Unicorn (film)|''The Last Unicorn'' (film)]] (1982), an animated feature film based on the novel
* [[The Unicorn (1978 film)|''The Unicorn'' (1978 film)]], a German film based on the novel by Martin Walser
* [[The Unicorn (2018 film)|''The Unicorn'' (2018 film)]], an American comedy film
*''[[Sweet_Valley#The_Unicorn_Club|The Unicorn Club]]'', a book series for young adults in the Sweet Valley franchise
*''[[The Unicorn in the Garden]]'', a short story by James Thurber
* [[The Unicorn (TV series)|''The Unicorn'' (TV series)]], a 2019 American sitcom on CBS
* [[Unicorns (2023 British film)|''Unicorns'' (2023 British film)]], a British drama film directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
*''[[The Unicorn Chronicles]]'', a best-selling fantasy series by Bruce Coville
*''[[Unicorns of Balinor]]'', a series of young adult novels by Mary Stanton
* [[Unicorns (2023 Spanish film)|''Unicorns'' (2023 Spanish film)]], a Spanish drama film directed by Àlex Lora
Unicorn Academy (2023) A Netflix Series
*''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]], a series of light novels set in the Gundam universe
* Unicorns are creatures with magical properties in ''[[Harry Potter]]'', a series by J.K. Rowling


===In comics===
==Literature==
* [[The Unicorn (novel)|''The Unicorn'' (novel)]], 1963, by Iris Murdoch
*[[Unicorn (comics)]], a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Iron Man
* ''The Unicorn'' or ''Das Einhorn'', a 1966 novel by [[Martin Walser]]
*[[Unicorn (ship)|''Unicorn'' (ship)]], the vessel in the ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comics
*''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]'', one of the comics in the ''The Adventures of Tintin'' series
Unicorns are mystical createurs who made the world for little girls and boys a lot better.
==In music==
*[[Unicorn (Chew Lips album)|''Unicorn'' (Chew Lips album)]] an electronica album by Chew Lips
*[[Unicorn (album)|''Unicorn'' (album)]], a rock album by band T.Rex
*[[Unicorn (Japanese band)|''Unicorn'' (Japanese band)]], a Japanese rock band that includes singer and songwriter Tamio Okuda
*Unicorn, an English 1970s band, produced by [[David Gilmour]], signed to [[Harvest Records|Harvest]], [[Transatlantic Records|Transatlantic]], [[Charisma Records|Charisma]]
*[[Unicorn (Ugress album)|''Unicorn'' (Ugress album)]], an electronica album by Ugress
*[[Unicorns (album)|''Unicorns'' (album)]], a folk album by Bill Caddick
*[[Unicorn-Kanchana]], a record label
*''[[The Unicorn]]'', a folk album by The Irish Rovers
*[[The Unicorns]], a band from Montreal, Canada
*"Unicorn", a song by Norwegian electronic rock band Apoptygma Berzerk from [[Harmonizer_(album)|Harmonizer]]


==Military{{anchor|Military}}==
==In military==
* [[Opération Licorne]] ({{langx|en|link=no|Operation Unicorn}}), a French peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire
*[[Unicorn class]], land mine-protected wheeled armoured personnel carriers used by the Sri Lankan military
* Opération Licorne ({{langx|en|link=no|Operation Unicorn}}), a French nuclear test in French Polynesia; see [[Fangataufa#History]]
*[[HMS Unicorn|HMS ''Unicorn'']], one of several British naval vessels
* [[Operation Unicorn (Scotland)]], a supporting plan for Operation London Bridge to be enacted in the event of a monarch dying in Scotland
*[[USS Unicorn|USS ''Unicorn'']], one of two United States submarines
* [[Unicorn APC]], a land mine-protected wheeled armoured personnel carrier used by the Sri Lankan military
*[[Operation Unicorn]], French peacekeeping operation in support of the United Nations in [[Côte d'Ivoire]].
* [[HMS Unicorn|HMS ''Unicorn'']], any of several British naval vessels
* [[HMS Unicorn (1634)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (1634)]], a 56-gun ship
* [[HMS Unicorn (1748)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (1748)]], a 28-gun sixth rate
* [[HMS Unicorn (1776)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (1776)]], a French frigate captured by [[HMS Resource (1778)|HMS ''Resource'']] in 1781
* [[HMS Unicorn (1794)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (1794)]], a 32-gun fifth rate
* [[HMS Unicorn (1824)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (1824)]], a Leda-class frigate
* [[HMS Unicorn (I72)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (I72)]], an aircraft maintenance carrier launched in 1941
* [[HMS Unicorn (S43)|HMS ''Unicorn'' (S43)]], an Upholder-class submarine launched in 1992
* [[USS Unicorn|USS ''Unicorn'']], any of several United States submarines
* [[USS Unicorn (SS-429)|USS ''Unicorn'' (SS-429)]], a submarine cancelled in 1944, before construction began
* [[USS Unicorn (SS-436)|USS ''Unicorn'' (SS-436)]], a submarine laid down in 1945 and launched but never commissioned


==In sports==
==Music==
===Groups ===
*[[Hyundai Unicorns]], a defunct South Korean baseball franchise owned by Hyundai Corp.
* [[Unicorn (Japanese band)]], a rock band
*[[North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics#Athletics|NCSSM Unicorns]], athletic teams from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
* [[Unicorn (South Korean band)]], a girl group
*[[Unicorns cricket team]], a team in the English 40-over competition
* [[The Unicorns]], a band from Montreal, Canada
* [[Unicorn (English band)]], English country rock band


==In zoology==
===Albums===
* [[Unicorn (Chew Lips album)|''Unicorn'' (Chew Lips album)]] (2010)
*Giant Unicorn, a nickname for [[Elasmotherium]], an extinct European rhino
*[[Narwhal]], an Arctic species of Whale which, with a tusk attached to their head
*[[Unicorn (spider)|''Unicorn'' (spider)]], a genus of Oonopidae


* [[Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)|''Unicorn'' (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)]] (1969)
==Other==
* [[Unicorn (Ugress album)|''Unicorn'' (Ugress album)]] (2008)
*[[Unicorn (coin)]] and half-unicorn Scottish gold coins
* [[The Unicorn (album)|''The Unicorn'' (album)]], a 1967 folk album by the Irish Rovers
*Unicorn, a [[fairy chess piece]]
*[[Honda Unicorn]], a motorcycle sold by Honda in India
* ''Unicorn'', an album by [[Teruo Nakamura (musician)|Teruo Nakamura]]
*[[Invisible Pink Unicorn]], a goddess popularized on a Usenet group about atheism, and intended to satirize theistic beliefs
*[[Ira Einhorn]], the Unicorn Killer
*[[Monoceros]], the constellation of the Unicorn
* [[Unicorn (software)]], an integrated library system from [[Sirsi Corporation#Unicorn|SirsiDynix]]
*Unicorn, in [[swinging]], is a single and frequently bisexual female


==See also==
===Songs===
* [[The Unicorn (song)|"The Unicorn" (song)]], by Shel Silverstein, made popular by the Irish Rovers
*[[Einhorn]], German for unicorn
* [[Unicorn (song)|"Unicorn" (song)]], by Noa Kirel, the Israeli song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
*[[Unicron]], a fictional robot from ''The Transformers'' series
* "Unicorn", a song by Apoptygma Berzerk from ''[[Harmonizer (Apoptygma Berzerk album)|Harmonizer]]''
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*"Unicorn", a song by Basement Jaxx from [[Junto (album)|''Junto'']]
* "Christmas Unicorn", a song by Sufjan Stevens from the 2012 album ''[[Silver & Gold (Sufjan Stevens album)|Silver & Gold]]''


==Sports==
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* [[Unicorns (cricket team)]], English, active from 2010 to 2018
* [[San Francisco Unicorns]], an American cricket team
* [[Hyundai Unicorns]], a defunct South Korean baseball franchise
* [[Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns]], a team playing American football in the German Football League
* [[Kristaps Porziņģis]] or the Unicorn (born 1995), Latvian basketball player
* The Unicorns, the mascot and athletic teams from the [[North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics]]

==Other uses==
* [[The Unicorn (black hole)]]
* [[Unicorn (coin)]] and half-unicorn, Scottish gold coins
* [[Unicorn (finance)]], a privately held startup company above a certain valuation
* [[Unicorn (spider)|''Unicorn'' (spider)]], a genus of family Oonopidae
* [[Unicorn (web server)]]
* [[Unicorn fish (disambiguation)]]
* [[Unicorn Mountain]], in British Columbia
* [[Unicorn Peak]], in Washington state
* [[Honda Unicorn]], a motorcycle sold in India
* Unicorn, a [[Fairy chess piece#U|fairy chess piece]] in Raumschach
* [[Giant unicorn]], a common name for ''Elasmotherium'', an extinct European rhinoceros
* Unicorn, an old common name for a [[Indian Rhinoceros| rhinoceros]], ''rhinoceros unicornis''

==See also==
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* The [[Gender Unicorn]], an educational method used to describe the spectrums of gender and sexuality
* [[Unicorn hunting]], used to describe the search for a third partner to join a sexual encounter
* [[Unicorn Trend]], the modern phenomenon of unicorns used as a pop-culture icon
* [[Eenhoorn (disambiguation)]], Dutch for unicorn
* [[Einhorn (surname)]], German for unicorn
* [[Gunicorn]] or Green Unicorn, a port on the Unicorn web server
* [[Invisible Pink Unicorn]], a goddess popularized on a Usenet group about atheism, and intended to satirize theistic belief
* [[Licorne (disambiguation)]] ({{langx|fr|link=no|&nbsp;||unicorn}})
* [[Monoceros (constellation)|Monoceros]], the constellation of the Unicorn
* [[Narwhal]] or Unicorn whale, an Arctic species of whale with a tusk on its head
* [[Unicorn-Kanchana]], a classical record label
* [[Unicron]], a ''Transformers'' character
* {{in title|unicorn}}


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[[la:Monoceros]]
[[lt:Vienaragis (reikšmės)]]
[[nl:Eenhoorn]]
[[ja:ユニコーン (曖昧さ回避)]]
[[pl:Jednorożec (ujednoznacznienie)]]
[[ru:Единорог (значения)]]
[[uk:Єдиноріг (значення)]]

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A unicorn is a legendary horse-like beast with a horn on its forehead.

Unicorn may also refer to:

Fictional entities

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Film and television

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Unicorn Academy (2023) A Netflix Series

Literature

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Military

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Music

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Groups

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Albums

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Songs

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  • "The Unicorn" (song), by Shel Silverstein, made popular by the Irish Rovers
  • "Unicorn" (song), by Noa Kirel, the Israeli song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
  • "Unicorn", a song by Apoptygma Berzerk from Harmonizer
  • "Unicorn", a song by Basement Jaxx from Junto
  • "Christmas Unicorn", a song by Sufjan Stevens from the 2012 album Silver & Gold

Sports

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Other uses

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See also

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