Rhinoceros definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RHINOC'EROS, n. [L. rhinoceros; Gr. nose-horn.] A genus of quadrupeds of two species ... skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhinoceros, rhino] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -noceroses; also -noceros or ... Etymology: Middle English rinoceros, from Anglo-French, from Latin rhinocerot-, rhinoceros, from Greek rhinoker?t-, rhinoker?s, from rhin- + keras horn ... the nose and plated or folded skin. Phrases and idioms: rhinoceros bird = ox-pecker. rhinoceros horn a mass of keratinized fibres, reputed to have ...
Rhinoceros Indicus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary White elm (Bot.), a ... of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] White rhinoceros. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indicus). See Rhinoceros. (b) The umhofo. White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain ... the color of the under parts. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the ...
white rhinoceros definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros [syn: white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1838 a rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) of southern and central Africa that is distinguished from the black rhinoceros especially by larger size and by a squared upper lip ... of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] White rhinoceros. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, ...
rhinoceros hornbill definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the nose ... Horn.] (Zo["o]l.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid[ae ... snout. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but ... incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific ... which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of ...
Buceros rhinoceros definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the nose ... Horn.] (Zo["o]l.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid[ae ... snout. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but ... incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific ... which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of ...
rhinoceros beetle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... projecting horns on thorax and head Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the nose ... Horn.] (Zo["o]l.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid[ae ... snout. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but ... incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific ... which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of ...
Rhinoceros bird definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the nose ... Horn.] (Zo["o]l.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid[ae ... snout. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but ... incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific ... which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of ...
Rhinoceros auk definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhinoceros Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???, the nose ... Horn.] (Zo["o]l.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotid[ae ... snout. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but ... incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific ... which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of ...
woolly rhinoceros definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions [syn: woolly rhinoceros, Rhinoceros antiquitatis] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Woolly Wool"ly, a. 1 ... American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered ...
Atelodus or Rhinoceros simus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Umhofo Um*ho"fo, n. (Zo["o]l.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, or Rhinoceros, simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.
Rhinoceros tichorhinus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Woolly Wool"ly, a ... American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with ...
Rhinoceros antiquitatis definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions [syn: woolly rhinoceros, Rhinoceros antiquitatis]
black rhinoceros definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: African rhino; in danger of extinction [syn: black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1848 a rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) of sub-Saharan Africa having a prehensile upper ...