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Synonyms for rhinoceros

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rahy-nos-er-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : raɪˈnɒs ər əs

Top 10 synonyms for rhinoceros
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Définition of rhinoceros

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Latin rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokeros, literally "nose-horned," from rhinos "nose" (a word of unknown origin) + keras "horn" (see kerato-). Related: Rhinocerotic.
  • What is the plural of rhinoceros? ... Well, Liddell and Scott seem to authorize 'rhinocerotes,' which is pedantic, but 'rhinoceroses' is not euphonious. [Sir Charles Eliot, "The East Africa Protectorate," 1905]
  • As in pachyderm : noun nonruminant hoofed mammal
  • As in ungulate : noun hoofed animal
Example sentences :
  • It did not need Mali-ya-bwana's whispered "faru" (rhinoceros) to identify the mound.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Perhaps some aged or weak lion had not been permitted a share of that rhinoceros.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • In the matter of rhinoceros and similar dangers, they simply took a chance.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The general aspect of the Rhinoceros is that of a hog in armor on a grand scale.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • He has the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich, and the concentration of an oyster.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • On the other side there was a small block which looked like a rhinoceros entering the water.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Of the dogs, we lost three by wild beasts--one by a rhinoceros, and two by buffaloes.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • As for the muses, they have as much an idea of a rhinoceros as of a poet.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Can he carry a gentleman's manners within a rhinoceros' hide?
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • But, after all, this is an old-fashioned method, and the rhinoceros is a relic.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
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