noun

rhinoceros

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noun

A large, thick-skinned plant-eating mammal from Africa or Asia with one or two horns on its snout.

"The black rhinoceros is critically endangered due to poaching."

How to Use Rhinoceros

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA large horned mammal found in parts of Africa and Asia.

Common pairings

rhinoceros horn black rhinoceros white rhinoceros

rhinoceros plural, rhinoceroses plural, rhinocerosses plural, rhinoceri plural, rhinoceroi plural, rhinocerotes plural

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The black _____ is critically endangered due to poaching.

From Greek rhinokeros, literally "nose-horn," from rhis ("nose") plus keras ("horn").

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