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rhinoceros

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See also:Rhinocerosandrhinocéros

English

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White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Etymology

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FromLatinrhīnocerōs, fromAncient Greekῥῑνόκερως(rhīnókerōs,“nose-horned”), composed ofῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός(rhī́s, rhīnós,“nose, of (the) nose”) +κέρας(kéras,“horn”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rhinoceros (pluralrhinocerosorrhinocerosesor(uncommon)rhinocerossesor(nonstandard)rhinocerior(nonstandard)rhinoceroior(now rare)rhinocerotes)

  2. Any largeherbivorousungulate native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the familyRhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or twohorns on theirsnouts.
    • 1658,Thomas Brown, “Of Unicorns Horn”, inPseudodoxia Epidemica: Or Enquiries Into Very many Received Tenents And commonly Presumed Truths. The Fourth Edition‎[1], page203:
      Herein therefore to draw up our determinations beside the several pieces of Scripture mentioning this Animal (which some may well contend to be only meant of theRhinoceros) we are so far from denying there is any Unicorn at all, that we affirme there are many kinds thereof. In the number of Quadrapedes we will concede no less then five; that is theIndian Oxe,Indian Ass, Rhinoceros, the Oryx, and that which is more eminently termedMonoceros, orUnicornis.
  3. (paleontology) A member of the superfamilyRhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genusParaceratherium.

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Translations

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herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)

See also

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Latin

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Etymology

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FromAncient Greekῥῑνόκερως(rhīnókerōs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rhīnocerōs m (genitiverhīnocerōtis);third declension

  1. Arhinoceros
  2. Avessel made of a rhinoceros'shorn
  3. A nickname for someone with a long nose.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativerhīnocerōsrhīnocerōtēs
genitiverhīnocerōtisrhīnocerōtum
dativerhīnocerōtīrhīnocerōtibus
accusativerhīnocerōta
rhīnocerōtem		rhīnocerōtas
rhīnocerōtēs
ablativerhīnocerōterhīnocerōtibus
vocativerhīnocerōsrhīnocerōtēs

References

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  • rhinoceros in Karl Ernst Georges,Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
  • “rhinoceros”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rhinoceros”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rhinoceros inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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