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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