rhinoceros
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rhinoceros
- /ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/ UK
- /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/ Canada, US
- /ɹɑɪˈnɔs.ə.ɹəs/ Australia
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From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
noun rhinoceros · rhinoceroses · rhinocerosses · rhinoceri · rhinoceroi · rhinocerotes
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Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
Herein therefore to draw up our determinations beside the several pieces of Scripture mentioning this Animal (which some may well contend to be only meant of the Rhinoceros) we are so far from denying there is any Unicorn at all, that we affirme there are many kinds thereof. In the number of Quadrap
Similar: rhino, rhinocerotid
- An ungulate mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including the hornless Paraceratherium.
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noun herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
| Español | rinoceronte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코뿔소 koppulso |
| 日本語 | 犀 sai, サイ sai |
| 中文 | 犀牛 xīniú |
| हिन्दी | गैंडा gaiṇḍā, भारतीय गैंडा bhārtīya gaiṇḍā, खड्ग khaḍg, खड्गधेनु khaḍgadhenu |
| Kiswahili | kifaru |
| Português | rinoceronte |
| Français | rhinocéros |
| Deutsch | Nashorn, Rhinozeros |
| Italiano | rinoceronte |
| Ελληνικά | ρινόκερος rinókeros, ρινόκερως rinókeros, ριονκερώντος rionkeróntos |
| Română | rinocer |
| Русский | носоро́г nosoróg |
| Tiếng Việt | tê giác |
| العربية | وَحِيد اَلْقَرْن waḥīd al-qarn, كَرْكَدَّن karkaddan, حَرِيش ḥarīš, قَرنف |
| עברית | קַרְנַף karnaf |
Talk about this word "rhinoceros." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rhinoceros. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rhinoceros. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rhinoceros "rhinoceros." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rhinoceros.Cite this
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title = {rhinoceros},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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