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rhinoceros

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rhinoceros.

Editorial note

Dagger handles made of rhinoceros horn are an extremely fashionable item of male jewellery in the Yemen.

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Quick take

(paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rhinoceros gathered in one view.

noun

(paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rhinoceros.

noun

(paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

noun

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

Example sentences

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Dagger handles made of rhinoceros horn are an extremely fashionable item of male jewellery in the Yemen.

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They mention the oldest depiction of a rhinoceros --- in a cave in France.

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Or, in a different context, does a rhinoceros have a right to be forgotten?

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Grasshopper for Rhinoceros is top of the line for visual algorithmic modeling.

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Most got the right answer, but a few messed up their units and wound up with ginormous doses that would have killed a zombified rhinoceros!

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> Following the phylogenetic species concept, recent research has suggested the northern white rhinoceros may be an altogether different species, rather than a subspecies of white rhinoceros, in which case the correct scientific name for the former is Ceratotherium cottoni.

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That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the gazelles, the diplodocus, and that oversized rhinoceros plowing through the purple forest.

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That would be like comparing oranges to rhinoceros.

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Do we respect them as much as we do a rhinoceros?

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Read these books: The Go-Getter, Who Moved My Cheese, QBQ!, Rhinoceros success, The Go-Giver.

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Millipedes and rhinoceros beetles mostly.

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A big sticky-up hard thing like a rhinoceros horn would seem to be a natural for such a list, though it's perhaps harder to understand, in this context, why grinding the thing down would be such an attractive idea.

Quote examples

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Fun fact: Nashorn is the German word for a Rhinoceros and the literal translation would be "Nosehorn".

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In Polish it's similiar - rhinoceros is "Nosorożec" which means "[with] horny nose" literally.

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For example, randomcommenter123 saying something asinine like "you deserve to be trampled by a rampaging rhinoceros" does not constitute a death threat.

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"It’s also given me the skin of a rhinoceros" And doubly well done for rejecting the skincare regime stereotypically associated with his sexual orientation.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rhinoceros in a sentence?

Dagger handles made of rhinoceros horn are an extremely fashionable item of male jewellery in the Yemen.

What does rhinoceros mean?

(paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

What part of speech is rhinoceros?

rhinoceros is commonly used as noun.