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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 [raɪˈnɒsərəs -ˈnɒsrəs]
n pl -oses, -os
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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
[via Latin from Greek rhinokerōs, from rhis nose + keras horn]
rhinocerotic  [ˌraɪnəʊsɪˈrɒtɪk] adj
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 [raɪˈnɒsərəs] N (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses (pl)) → rinoceronte m

rhinoceros [raɪˈnɒsərəs] nrhinocéros m
rhinoceros horn rhino horn ncorne f de rhinocéros

rhinoceros
nNashorn nt, → Rhinozeros nt

rhinoceros [raɪˈnɒsrs] nrinoceronte m
rhinoceros [raɪˈnɒsrs] 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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