alicornio

• alicorne, alicorno, licornio

Ultimately from Italian alicorno.

• IPA^(key): [aliˈkɔɾni̯ʊ]

alicornio m (plural alicornios)

1. (folklore) alicorn: horn of deer or fang of boar considered magical
2. (folklore) stag beetle mandibles, considered magical

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alicornio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alicornio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alicorno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /aliˈkoɾnjo/ [a.liˈkoɾ.njo]
• Rhymes: -oɾnjo
• Syllabification: a‧li‧cor‧nio

alicornio m (plural alicornios)

1. (folklore, mythology, now historical) alicorn (horn of a unicorn)
2. (fantasy, heraldry) alicorn, winged unicorn (creature)