rhinoceroses

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.

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

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rhinoceros, rhinoceroses - Rhinoceros comes from Greek rhin-, "nose," and keras, "horn"; the correct plural is rhinoceroses.

See also related terms for horn.