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monoceros (iou) and scortation (iou)


monoceros (iou)



monoceros noun. ME.
[Old French from Latin from Greek monokeros, from monos MONO- + keras horn.]
A unicorn. ME-M18.
A fish having a single hornlike process, as a sawfish. Also, a narwhal. L16-E19.
(Monoceros.) (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation on the celestial equator lying in the Milky Way between Canis Major and Canis Minor; the Unicorn. L18.

scortation (iou)



scortation noun. Now arch. rare. M16.
[Late Latin scortatio(n-), from Latin scortat- pa. ppl stem of scortari associate with prostitutes, from scortum prostitute: see -ATION.]
Fornication.