单词 | rhinoceroid |
释义 | rhinoceroidadj. Chiefly Zoology. rare. Resembling a rhinoceros; resembling that of a rhinoceros. ΘΚΠ 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 1872 F. V. Hayden Prelim. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Wyoming 104 These huge rhinoceroid animals appear at first to have monopolized this entire region. 1879 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. (ed. 2) II. xlii. 329 The molars are not at all of the Rhinoceroid pattern. 2001 J. A. Gardner Ascending 346 He pranced a few steps in a rhinoceroid victory dance, then jumped to the floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872 |
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