rhino

rhi·no  (rn)

n. pl. rhi·nos Informal

A rhinoceros.

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rhino

Noun

pl -nos or -no a rhinoceros

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rhino - massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout rhinoceros odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal - placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis - having one horn Rhinoceros antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros - extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus, white rhinoceros - large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis - African rhino; in danger of extinction

Translations

rhino [ˈrainou]

short for rhinoceros.