rhinocerotoidn.adj.
/rʌɪˈnɒs(ə)rətɔɪd/, U.S. /raɪˈnɑs(ə)rəˌtɔɪd/ Zoology and Palaeontology.
A. n.
An animal resembling a rhinoceros; spec. a mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, which comprises the rhinoceroses and related extinct forms.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Rhinocerotidae
rhinocerotoid1864
1864 J. D. Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 37 183 The name of the group of Rhinocerotids might be written Rhinocerotoids, so as to make it coördinate with that of Tapiroids; but it would still contain only the single family of Rhinocerotids.
1890 in Cent. Dict. Rhinocerotoid, a member of the Rhinocerotoidea.
1910 W. K. Gregory Orders Mammals 109 Metamynodon, an Oligocene Rhinocerotoid.
1966 Jrnl. Mammalogy 47 635 This group of rhinocerotoids appears to have given rise to the giant indricotheres of the Oligocene.
2004 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 24 955/1 The presence of any degree of anterolateral orientation of the postglenoid process may be a derived feature of..rhinocerotoids.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.
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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
1883 T. Gill in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 1880–2 1 54 Finally we are almost at a loss to tell whether it is a horse-like, a rhinocerotoid or a tapiroid animal that is before us.
1936 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 264 It is unfortunate that more material of this rhinocerotoid form is not available.
2002 Q. Rev. Biol. 77 352/2 Chapters..on ticks, butterflies and a rhinocerotoid mammal present data most compatible with vicariance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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