rhinoceros

IPA: raɪnˈɑsɝʌs

noun

  • Any of several large herbivorous ungulates native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
  • (paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.
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Examples of "rhinoceros" in Sentences

  • The site is particularly rich in rhinoceros.
  • The rhinoceros horn is considered to be the most precious.
  • In the past, people doubted the existence of the rhinoceros.
  • He awoke to see that the creature was eating the rhinoceros.
  • He studied the orangutan, the rhinoceros, the skull of a whale.
  • He studied the orangutan, the rhinoceros and the skull of a whale.
  • The members of the genus rhinoceros are the one horned rhinoceroses.
  • The main attraction of the sanctuary is Asiatic one horned rhinoceros.
  • The white rhinoceros is the world's largest land mammal after the elephant.
  • The horn of the rhinoceros, not part of its skull, was a prize in China as well.

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