Etymology
L rhinoceros, rhinocerontas, fr. Gk rhinos (ρίνο) nose + keras (κέρας), kerotes
Noun
rhinoceros (plural: rhinoceros, rhinoceroses, or rhinoceri)
- Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with one or two horns on their snouts.
Translations
- Chinese Characters: 兕 (female)
- Dutch: neushoorn m
- French: rhinocéros m
- Frisian: noashoarn
- German: Nashorn m
- Greek: ρινόκερως, ριονκερώντος
- Italian: rinocero, rinoceronte
- KiSwahili: kifaru
- Latin: rhinoceros, rhinocerotas
- Polish: nosorożec m
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