unisus

English

Etymology

Blend of unicorn +‎ Pegasus

Noun

unisus (plural unisi)

(informal) A winged unicorn.
- 1993 February, Wybo, Michael John II, “Unique Unicorns”, in Dragon Magazine, number 190, →ISBN, ISSN 0279-6848, OL 8617975M, 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, 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, Anthony, Piers; Julie Brady, Dream a Little Dream: A tale of myth and moonshine, Tor, →ISBN, OL 9709855M, 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, Cortez, Jacob, The Legend of the Teenage Sages, Central Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, OL 8534527M, 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:unisus.

Synonyms

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

See also

alicorn (horn of a unicorn)

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