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63 Post author: iceman 08 September 2012 06:16AM

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Comment author: adavies42 15 September 2012 03:15:16AM 0 points [-]

at least in the minds of my target readers, the correct word to refer to the concept of a winged unicorn is "alicorn."

This may be Piers Anthony's fault. At any rate, the Xanth books were where I first encountered the term.