Translation "jednorog" to English

jednorog{adjective}
unicorn
jednorog{masculine}{zoology}
narwhal

jednorog

adjectiveIPA: / jednoroɡ /
English translation

unicorn

nounzoologyIPA: / juːnɪkɔːrn /

ETYM Old Eng. unicorne, French unicorne, Latin unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. Latin unicornuus a unicorn. Related to One, and Horn.
An imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
Mythical an
imal referred to by classical writers, said to live in India and resembling a horse, but with one spiraled horn growing from the forehead.
It was especially important in medieval Christian symbolism and lore.

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It's a profession that is 92 percent white and predominantly male, which makes me a little bit of a unicorn.
Source: TED2020
A unicorn, maybe, because if this was so easy, then other doctors would be doing it.
Source: TED2020
I am the most beautiful unicorn in the world.
Source: Tatoeba

jednorog

masculinezoologyIPA: / jednoroɡ /
English translation

narwhal

nounzoologyIPA: / nɑːrwəl /

ETYM Swed. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. nâhvalr, and Eng. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. nâr corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. Related to Whale.
Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk; SYN. narwal, narwhale, Monodon monoceros.
Kind of grayish dolphin with one long tusk
; sea-unicorn.
Toothed whale Monodon monoceros, found only in the Arctic Ocean. It grows to 5 m/16 ft long, has a gray and black body, a small head, and short flippers. The male has a single spirally fluted tusk that may be up to 2.7 m/9 ft long.

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This is a photograph I took at the northern tip of Baffin Island when I went narwhal hunting with some Inuit people, and this man, Olayuk, told me a marvelous story of his grandfather.
Source: TED2020

Synonyms: Monodon monoceros · narwal · narwhale

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