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 Definitions of rhinoceros  [ɪˈnɒs ər əs]  

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Definition of 'rhinoceros' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rhinoceros
any of several large, thick-skinned, plant-eating mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and S and SE parts of Asia, with one or two upright horns on the snout.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME rinoceros < L rhīnoceros < Gk rhīnókerōs=rhīno-rhino - +-kerōs -horned)

Definition of 'rhinoceros' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rhinoceros, rhino
massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout


Definition of 'rhinoceros' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) rhinoceros
a large gray African animal with two horns on its nose


Definition of 'rhinoceros' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) rhinoceros
any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout


Translation of 'rhinoceros' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of large thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: renoster Arabic flag Arabic: كَرْكَدَن، وحيد القَرْن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: носорог
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rinoceronte Czech flag Czech: nosorožec German flag German: das Nashorn
Danish flag Danish: næsehorn Greek flag Greek: ρινόκερος Spanish flag Spanish: rinoceronte
Estonian flag Estonian: ninasarvik Farsi flag Farsi: کرگدن Finnish flag Finnish: sarvikuono
French flag French: rhinocéros Hebrew flag Hebrew: קַרנַף Hindi flag Hindi: गेंडा
Croatian flag Croatian: nosorog Hungarian flag Hungarian: orrszarvú Indonesian flag Indonesian: badak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nashyrningur Italian flag Italian: rinoceronte Japanese flag Japanese: さい
Korean flag Korean: 코뿔소 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: raganosis Latvian flag Latvian: degunradzis
Malay flag Malay: badak sumbu Dutch flag Dutch: neushoorn Norwegian flag Norwegian: neshorn
Polish flag Polish: nosorożec Persian flag Persian: کرگدن Pashto flag Pashto: كرګ (كركدن)،يو ښكرى غټ ځن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rinoceronte Romanian flag Romanian: rinocer Russian flag Russian: носорог
Slovak flag Slovak: nosorožec Slovenian flag Slovenian: nosorog Serbian flag Serbian: nosorog
Swedish flag Swedish: noshörning Thai flag Thai: แรด Turkish flag Turkish: gergedan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 犀牛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: носоріг Urdu flag Urdu: گینڈا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con tê giác Chinese flag Chinese: 犀牛

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