any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
Douay Bible. unicorn (def. 4).
Origin of rhinoceros
1300–50; Middle English rinoceros<Late Latin rhīnoceros<Greek rhīnókerōs, equivalent to rhīno-rhino- + -kerōs -horned, adj. derivative of kérashorn (of an animal)
It surpasses the paintings of horses and rhinoceros from the Chauvet Cave in France by 400 years.
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South Africa is the most dangerous place in the world to be a rhinoceros.
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This left them, in the end, with “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”
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In and among the rest he inserted the words “rhinoceros” and “anthropoid.”
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The rhinoceros, again looking pretty aimless and beaten down, was made—beautifully—of papier mache.
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He has the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich, and the concentration of an oyster.
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Next to the mighty elephant, the rhinoceros is the largest and strongest of animals.
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Sometimes it brings them to a rhinoceros, wallowing in a mud pool.
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Apparent survival of the sabre-tooth tiger and the Etruscan rhinoceros in favored regions.
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The form of the rhinoceros is clumsy and uncouth; while its appearance is dull and heavy.
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British Dictionary definitions for rhinoceros
rhinoceros
/ (raɪˈnɒsərəs, -ˈnɒsrəs) /
nounplural-osesor-os
any of several perissodactyl mammals constituting the family Rhinocerotidae of SE Asia and Africa and having either one horn on the nose, like the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), or two horns, like the African white rhinoceros (Diceros simus) They have a very thick skin, massive body, and three digits on each foot
Derived forms of rhinoceros
rhinocerotic (ˌraɪnəʊsɪˈrɒtɪk), adjective
Word Origin for rhinoceros
C13: via Latin from Greek rhinokerōs, from rhis nose + keras horn
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