The New Student's Reference Work/Unicorn

U′nicorn, a legendary animal described by ancient authors as possessing the body of a horse and a single long horn, issuing from the forehead and projecting forward. It was supposed to inhabit India. This fabulous creature became a sign in heraldry. A somewhat similar animal with the cloven hoof and the beard of a goat is depicted on the coat-of-arms of England. The word translated unicorn in the Bible refers to some horned creature. It is supposed by some scholars that the buffalo is indicated.