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Pegacorn vs Alicorn - What's the difference?

pegacorn | alicorn | Synonyms |

Alicorn is a synonym of pegacorn.

Alicorn is a meronym of pegacorn.



As nouns the difference between pegacorn and alicorn

is that pegacorn is a horned Pegasus or a winged unicorn while alicorn is the horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.

pegacorn

English

(winged unicorn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A horned Pegasus or a winged unicorn.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2006-07-11 , first = Alea , last = Bushardt , title = Cloud Filly , publisher = Trafford Publishing , isbn = 9781412054294 , oclc = 70231499 , ol = 11713596M , page = 42 , passage = It was a flying horse — no, a unicorn — or a pegacorn ? — feathery wings outstretched. }}
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    • , date = 2011-08-18 , first = Jessica S. , last = Marquis , title = Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful — and Magical! — Unicorn Farm , publisher = Adams Media , isbn = 9781440525902 , ol = 25192451M , page = 18 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=T3rfs4IVgk4C&pg=PA18&dq=pegacorn , passage = Pegacorns' have grown in both popularity and population since their worldwide introduction during the 1980s. While they had existed for eons prior, few unicorn farmers wished to voluntarily care for both the temperamental nature of the Pegasus and the attention-craving disposition of the unicorn. However, when those farmers had the opportunity to soar high and fast into the clouds on the ' Pegacorn , they had an abrupt change of opinion. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2012-01-15 , title = GlaDOS reads her letter to Princess Celestia , first = Lauren , last = Davis , site = io9 , url = http://io9.com/5876240/glados-reads-her-letter-to-princess-celestia , passage = At the end of each episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic , one of the show's cartoon ponies dictates a letter to the pegacorn Princess Celestia, telling her what she's learned about friendship. }}
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    • Synonyms

    * (informal) unipeg, unisus * (nonstandard)

    Meronyms

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    alicorn

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) alicorno.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
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    • He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.
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    • "This happens to be my last voyage. But even so, I intend no coercion. If he does not value the alicorn to the extent of ten thousand Spanish dollars, I'll keep it myself. I'm rather fond of the thing. You see, it's a genuine unicorn's horn, and they're exceedingly few."
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    • Two kinds were on the market: Unicornum Verum'' (Alicorn ), thought to be Mammoth Tusk, and ''Unicornum Falsum , Narwhal tusks.
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    • What a fabulous beast was the mythical unicorn — with its horse's head and hoofs, and a single horn, the alicorn , growing out of its forehead.
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    • The horn of the male narwhal, which sailors called the unicorn of the sea, is thought to have been the unicorn's horn, or alicorn', of medieval commerce. It was very widely believed that ' alicorn could be used to detect poisons, and when ground and added to a potion would prevent poisoning.
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    • Tests to verify the authenticity of alicorn —most of which involved placing spiders near the horn and observing their reactions—were numerous, but apparently few detected bogus horn, for narwhal tusks, masquerading as unicorn horn, made their way into shops across Europe.
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    • Etymology 2

    Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony. According to Nathan2000, when asked how he came up with the term, Anthony answered, “I saw fantasy statuettes in an ad, and one was of a winged unicorn, titled an alicorn, so I figured that was the name and used it. I have not been able to verify it elsewhere.”

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard) A winged horse with a single horn on its head; a winged unicorn.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1984 , month = August , year_published = 1992 , first = Piers , last = Anthony , authorlink = Piers Anthony , title= (Bearing an Hourglass) , publisher = (Del Rey Books) , isbn = 9780345313157 , ol = 9381602M , page = 171 , pageurl = http://books.google.ca/books?id=71tXFfvYO0gC&pg=PA171&dq=alicorn , passage = The Alicorn . He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything. }}
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    • , date = 1999-05-15 , title = Re: RP: First appearence! , author = Twyligtsky , email = twyligtsky@aol.comSKYMAGE , newsgroup = alt.mythology.mythic-animals , id = 19990515145319.05236.00000939@ng-fs1.aol.com , url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.mythology.mythic-animals/browse_thread/thread/205f127857ccf0d3/ef2632c0d71b2a1f?q=alicorn
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    • , passage = A silver portal opens in the sky and a ebony alicorn stallion gallops from it the silver tips on his black wings shine in the sun's light. }}
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    • , date = 2013-02-16 , episode = (Magical Mystery Cure) , title = , season = 3 , number = 13 , people = Tabitha St. Germain and Andrea Libman , role = Rarity and Pinkie Pie , at = 16:32 , passage = Rarity:'' Why, you've become an alicorn'''! I didn't even know that was possible.
    ''Pinkie Pie:'' ''[wearing a costume horn and wings]'' '     Alicorn party! }}
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    • Synonyms
    * (winged horse) pegacorn, unipeg, unisus (all informal)

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