rhinoceros

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[edit] English

A rhinoceros.

[edit] Alternative forms

• Short form: rhino

[edit] Etymology

Via Latin rhinoceros, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinokerōs), composed of ῥίς (rhis), “‘nose’”) + κέρας (kéras), “‘horn’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /raɪˈnɒsərəs/, SAMPA: /raI"nQs@r@s/
• (US) enPR: rī-näsʹə-rəs, IPA: /raɪˈnɑːsərəs/, SAMPA: /raI"nA:s@r@s/
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[edit] Noun

rhinoceros (plural rhinoceros, less commonly: rhinoceroses or rare, academic: rhinocerotes)

1. Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

[edit] Usage notes

• In natural history, the plural rhinoceros is often used, in the same way that the singular of the names of many wild animals is often used in natural history as the plural (compare gazelle, elephant, etc).
• The plurals rhinoceri and rhinoceroi are often found, formed by association with other Latin and Greek plurals, though they do not represent true Latin or Greek forms.
• The Latin-derived plural form rhinocerotes is usually considered as a plural of the archaic form rhinocerot.

[edit] Hyponyms

• black rhinoceros
• Indian rhinoceros
• Javan rhinoceros
• lesser one-horned rhinoceros
• Sumatran rhinoceros
• white rhinoceros
• woolly rhinoceros

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• abada
• crash

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

rhīnocerōs (genitive rhīnocerōtis); m, third declension

1. rhinoceros
2. vessel made of a rhinoceros's horn
3. nickname for someone with a long nose

[edit] Inflection