Unicorn vs. Pony

Unicornnoun

A mythical beast resembling a horse or deer with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

Unicornnoun

A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.

Unicornnoun

(historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew ); a reem or wild ox.

Unicornnoun

Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus.

Unicornnoun

The larva of a unicorn moth.

Unicornnoun

The kamichi, or unicorn bird.

Unicornnoun

(military) A howitzer.

Unicornnoun

(sexual slang) A single, usually bisexual woman who participates in swinging and/or polyamory.

Unicornnoun

(finance) A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.

Unicornnoun

(business) A person with multidisciplinary expertise (due to rarity and value), especially three or more skills in a young field such as UX design or data science (e.g., domain knowledge, statistics, and software engineering).

Unicornnoun

(as a modifier) Brilliantly multicoloured.

Unicornnoun

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; - often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

Unicornnoun

A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Unicornnoun

Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

Unicornnoun

The kamichi; - called also unicorn bird.

Unicornnoun

A howitzer.

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an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead

Unicorn

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, Aelian and Cosmas Indicopleustes.

Ponynoun

Any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands.

Ponynoun

(regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.

Ponynoun

A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.

Ponynoun

Twenty-five pounds sterling.

Ponynoun

A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.

Ponynoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.

Ponyverb

(transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.

Ponyverb

To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.

Ponyadjective

(Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.

Ponynoun

A small horse.

Ponynoun

Twenty-five pounds sterling.

Ponynoun

A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib; a trot.

Ponynoun

A small glass of beer.

Ponynoun

a range horse of the western United States

Ponynoun

an informal term for a racehorse;

Ponynoun

a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Ponynoun

a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

Ponynoun

any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

Pony

A pony is a small horse (Equus ferus caballus). Depending on the context, a pony may be a horse that is under an approximate or exact height at the withers or a small horse with a specific conformation and temperament.