RHINOCEROSES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Rhinoceros

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Middle English: via Latin from Greek rhinokerōs, from rhis, rhin- ‘nose’ + keras ‘horn’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: rʌɪˈnɒs(ə)rəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a large, heavily built plant-eating mammal with one or two horns on the nose and thick folded skin, native to Africa and southern Asia. All kinds have become endangered through hunting.

Short Definition:

large, heavily built plant-eating mammal with one or two horns on nose and thick folded skin, native to Africa and southern Asia

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