rhinoceros
noun/raɪˈnɒsərəs/
/raɪˈnɑːsərəs/
(plural rhinoceros, rhinoceroses)
(also informal rhino)
- a large heavy animal with very thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose, that lives in Africa and AsiaTopics Animalsc1Word OriginMiddle English: via Latin from Greek rhinokerōs, from rhis, rhin- ‘nose’ + keras ‘horn’.
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