unisus

English

Etymology

Blend of unicorn +‎ Pegasus

Noun

unisus (plural unisi)

1. (informal) A winged unicorn.
   • 1993 February, Michael John II Wybo, “Unique Unicorns”, in Dragon Magazine, number 190, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OL, page 92:

     Unisi are unicorns with pegasi wings, the result of crossbreeding between the two species. A single such creature is called a unisus.

   • 1995 July 30, pteryx, “He-man. she-ra's horse's”, in rec.arts.animation‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <9507301040.0EZSC00@acornbbs.com>:

     As for her horse, it was Spirit when she was Adora, and Swift Wind the flying unicorn (unisus?) when she was She-Ra.

   • 1998 November 15, Piers Anthony with Julie Brady, Dream a Little Dream: A tale of myth and moonshine, Tor, →ISBN, →OL, page 19:

     Heat was a unisus and Mich's best friend. He had once belonged to a huge herd of unisi that lived in the sky, above the clouds.

   • 2006 September 8, Jacob Cortez, The Legend of the Teenage Sages, Central Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OL, page 267:

     The beauty of the Unisus was simply extraordinary. Its silver-feathered wings stretched across the room, fifteen feet in length. Its glorious, glowing white fur was so pure that it would be invisible in the snow.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unisus.

Synonyms

• (winged unicorn): pegasus, pegacorn (informal), unipeg (informal), alicorn (nonstandard)

See also

• alicorn (horn of a unicorn)