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rhinoceros

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rhi·noc·er·os  (r-nsr-s)
n. pl. rhinoceros or rhi·noc·er·os·es
Any of several large, thick-skinned, herbivorous mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and Asia, having one or two upright horns on the snout.

[Middle English rinoceros, from Latin rhnocers, from Greek rhnokers : rhno-, rhino- + keras, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]

rhinoceros
Noun
pl -oses or -os a large plant-eating mammal of SE Asia and Africa with one or two horns on the nose and a very thick skin [Greek rhis nose + keras horn]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rhinocerosrhinoceros - massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal - placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
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
rhinoceros [raɪˈnɔsərəs] nrinoceronte m

rhinoceros [raɪˈnɔsərəs] nrhinocéros m

rhinoceros [raɪˈnɔsərəs] nRhinozeros nt

rhinoceros [raɪˈnɔsərəs] nrinoceronte m

rhinoceros
n rhinoceros [raiˈnosərəs]
a type of large thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose. renoster كَرْكَدَن، وحيد القَرْن носорог nosorožec næsehorn das Nashorn ρινόκερος rinoceronte ninasarvik کرگدن sarvikuono rhinocéros קַרנַף गेंडा nosorog orrszarvú badak nashyrningur rinoceronte さい 코뿔소 raganosis degunradzis badak sumbu neushoorn neshorn nosorożec rinoceronte rinocer носорог nosorožec nosorog nosorog noshörning แรด gergedan 犀牛 носоріг گینڈا con tê giác


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All that happened in the instant that Tarzan turned to meet the charge of the irascible rhinoceros might take long to tell, and yet would have taxed the swiftest lens to record.
The rhinoceros fights with the elephant, and transfixing him with his horn carries him off upon his head, but becoming blinded with the blood of his enemy, he falls helpless to the ground, and then comes the roc, and clutches them both up in his talons and takes them to feed his young.
In Abyssinia is likewise found the rhinoceros, a mortal enemy to the elephant.
 
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