rhinoceros

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rhino rhinocerotid buffalo cinderella armadillo hippo animal horse pachyderm cattle boar mammoth llama tapir mastodon
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Hypernyms

animal perissodactyl odd-toed ungulate perissodactyl mammal

Hyponyms

Indian rhinoceros black rhinoceros white rhinoceros woolly rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Diceros simus

Phrases with the word

greater one-horned rhinoceros rhinoceros africana rhinoceros bicornis rhinoceros bicornis bicornis rhinoceros keitloa rhinoceros simus

Examples

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants. David Attenborough

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

July 1952/the 27th/This morning an exceptional defecation: two small turds in the shape of a rhinoceros horns. Such a scanty stool worries me. I would have thought the champagne, so alien to my routine, would have had a laxative effect. Salvador Dalí

Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby. African Zulu Proverb

Every rhinoceros is proud of its horn. Togolese Proverb

The Rhinoceros never dances with the monkey. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rhinocerial rhinocerical rhinocerontid rhinoceros africana Rhinoceros antiquitatis rhinoceros auklet