Unicorn. X-ray of the head and upper body of a \horned\" seahorse, depicting the mythological unicorn. Classical writers referred to the unicorn as a

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Unicorn. X-ray of the head and upper body of a \horned\" seahorse, depicting the mythological unicorn. Classical writers referred to the unicorn as a fabulous creature resembling a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead. It was said to live in India. In medieval legend the unicorn could be captured only by a virgin putting its head in her lap. The myth is now thought to be based on stories of the rhinoceros."

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Photo credit: © D. ROBERTS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -ray, animal, creature, mythical, mythological, mythology, seahorse, unicorn, xray, zoology