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rhi·noc·er·os
\rīˈnäs(ə)rəs\ noun
Etymology: Middle English rinoceros, from Latin rhinocerot-, rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokerōt-, rhinokerōs, from rhin-, rhis nose + -kerōt-, -kerōs (from keras horn) — more at rhin-, horn
1. plural rhi·noceroses \-)rəsə̇z\ or rhinoceros \-)rəs\ or rhi·noc·eri \-äsəˌrī\ also rhinoc·er·o·tes \(ˌ)rīˌnäsəˈrōd.(ˌ)ēz\ : any of various large powerful herbivorous thick-skinned perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae that have one or two heavy upright horns on the snout or that in some extinct genera are hornless — see black rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, woolly rhinoceros
2. capitalized [New Latin, from Latin] : a genus (the type of the family Rhinocerotidae) that contains the Indian and Malayan rhinoceroses |