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[Huggy Bear]

It's not a mistraslation, it's a LATIN word not english. for instance the latin name for the Indian rhinoceros is "Rhinoceros Unicornis", there are other latin words found in the old testament e.g. "Lucifer".

Then why were unicorns, not rhinoceruses, depicted in Christian art? The Latin was clearly mistranslated into the English of the time.

Why does the pope wear a Star-Trek hat.... *shrugs* who knows... To be honest I didn't realize unicorns were depicted in christian art. I would venture to guess that a medieval artist had no idea what a rhinoceros looked like.