Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
rhinal
Rhine
Rhineland
rhinencephalon
rhinestone
rhinitis
rhino
rhino-
rhinoceros
rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros bird
rhinology
rhinopharyngitis
rhinophyma
rhinoplasty
rhinoscope
rhinovirus
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

rhinoceros

rhi·noc·er·os [ rī nóssərəss ] (plural rhi·noc·er·os·es or rhi·noc·er·os or rhi·noc·er·i [ rī nóssər  ])


noun 
Definition:
 
massive horned mammal: a very large herbivorous animal with very thick skin and one or two horns on its snout. Native to: Africa, Asia.  Family Rhinocerotidae.

[13th century. Via Latin< Greek rhinokerōs< rhin- "nose" + keras "horn"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft