rhinocerineadj.
/rʌɪˈnɒsərʌɪn/, U.S. /raɪˈnɑsəˌraɪn/ 1. Characteristic of a rhinoceros; resembling a rhinoceros, esp. in appearance; rhinoceros-like.
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1852 Househ. Words 31 July 471/2 With long legs, porcupine-like bristles, a hide of almost rhinocerine thickness, and much of the grim aspect of a wolf.
1870 G. Hamilton Battle of Bks. ix. 183 I am rhinocerine and pachydermatous.
1958 Listener 16 Jan. 102/1 The white rhino, a shy dozy animal who likes to..lie in the mud and dream deep rhinocerine dreams.
1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman iv. 34 The rhinocerine person of Sergeant Cecil Arnot.
1993 Guardian 9 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 44/2 A black rhino's response to trouble is to run. Whether it runs towards or away from the threat depends on rhinocerine whim.
2. Zoology.† b. Of a parasite: that infests rhinoceroses. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of, relating to, or typical of rhinoceroses as a zoological group.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [adjective] > having more than two parts to hoof > of or belonging to rhinoceros
rhinocerotine1845
rhinocerontine1857
rhinocerotic1864
rhinocerine1870
rhinoceroid1872
rhinocerotoid1883
1870 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 26 458 The above appear to be the only Rhinocerine remains discovered at Oreston.
1929 Jrnl. Mammalogy 10 70 The lower molars have a thoroughly commonplace rhinocerine pattern.
1984 Isis 75 569/1 Rookmaaker provides exhaustive primary and secondary material for research into rhinocerine habits.
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1879 T. S. Cobbold Parasites 401 The rhinocerine stomach-bot (Gastrophilus rhinocerontis, Owen).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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