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mohoohoo|məˈhuːhuː|
Also mahoohoo, mohohoo, mohohu, mohuhu, monooho(o), muchocho.
[Sechuana.]
The white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simus, found in central Africa and Zululand.
1835A. Smith Diary 11 July (1940) II. 107 The Baquana say that two kinds [of rhinoceros] are only in this country. The black, which they call muchli and the white mohohoo. 1842R. Moffat Missionary Labours & Scenes S. Afr. xxvii. 461 The mohohu, the largest species [of rhinoceros], has been known even to kill the elephant, by thrusting the horn into its ribs. 1849A. Smith Illustr. Zool. S. Afr.: Mammalia plate 19 Localities abounding in grass are therefore the haunts of the Mohoohoo. 1850R. G. Cumming Five Yrs. Hunter's Life S. Afr. xii. 77/2 With considerable difficulty we separated the horn of the muchocho from the skin by means of a long sharp knife. 1856C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami xxx. 387 The common white rhinoceros..called Monoohoo by the Bechuanas. 1866Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 236/2 The White R[hinoceros]..or Muchuco, or Monooho, is the largest of the well-ascertained African species. 1875W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S & S.-E. Afr. 84 Rhinoceros simus, the mohohu of the Bechuanas. 1879E. P. Wright Animal Life 141 It [sc. the white rhinoceros] is called by the Bechuanans, Mahoohoo, and is considered by them to be one of the original animals of their country. 1884J. Mackenzie Day-Dawn in Dark Places 189 It is said the flesh of the mohuhu, or white rhinoceros is very good. 1894R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 480 The individuals exhibiting this form being known to the Bechuanas by the name of mohohu. |