rhino

rhino-

(word root) nose

Examples of words with the root rhino-: rhinology, rhinoceros

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rhi·no

 (rī′nō)

n. pl. rhi·nos Informal

A rhinoceros.

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rhino

(ˈraɪnəʊ)

n, pl -nos or -no

(Animals) short for rhinoceros

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rhino

(ˈraɪnəʊ)

n

Brit a slang word for money

[C17: of unknown origin]

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rhi•no

(ˈraɪ noʊ)

n., pl. -nos, (esp. collectively) -no.

a rhinoceros.

[1880–85; by shortening]

rhino-

a combining form meaning “nose”: rhinology.

Also, esp. before a vowel,rhin-.

[< Greek rhīno-, comb. form of rhis (s. rhīn-)]

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rhino

(ˈrainou) – plural ˈrhinos –

short for rhinoceros.

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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

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Translations

Nashorn

abadarinoceronte

abbrev. di rhinoceros

nosorožec

rhino

[ˈraɪnəʊ] n → rhinocéros m

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rhino

[ˈraɪnəʊ] n (fam) → rinoceronte m

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