rhinoceros
n. rhino, any of several species of large land mammal characterized by tough body plates and a horned snout (native to India and Africa) | ||||
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Rhinoceros Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Rhinoceros
(n.)
Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
(n.)
Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
| WordNet 2.0 |
rhinoceros
Noun
1. massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
(synonym) rhino
(hypernym) odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
(hyponym) Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
(member-holonym) Rhinocerotidae, family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family
Noun
1. massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
(synonym) rhino
(hypernym) odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
(hyponym) Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
(member-holonym) Rhinocerotidae, family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family
| hEnglish - advanced version |
rhinoceros
rhinoceros
\rhi*noc"e*ros\ (?), n. [l., fr. gr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?;&?; a horn: cf. f. rhinocéros. see horn.] (zo?l.) any pachyderm belonging to the genera rhinoceros, atelodus, and several allied genera of the family rhinocerotid?, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. they are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
note: the indian, or white, and the javan rhinoceroses (rhinoceros indicus and r. sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. the two or three african species belong to atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. the two malay, or east indian, two-horned species belong to ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. see borele, and keitloa.
rhinoceros
auk (zo?l.), an auk of the north pacific (cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill.
rhinoceros
beetle (zo?l.), a very large beetle of the genus dynastes, having a horn on the head.
rhinoceros
bird. (zo?l.) (a) a large hornbill (buceros rhinoceros), native of the east indies. it has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. called also rhinoceros hornbill. see hornbill. (b) an african beefeater (buphaga africana). it alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.
rhinoceros
n : massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhino]
similar words(10)
white rhinoceros
rhinoceros hornbill
rhinoceros unicornis
woolly rhinoceros
indian rhinoceros
rhinoceros bird
rhinoceros antiquitatis
rhinoceros auk
rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros family
rhinoceros
\rhi*noc"e*ros\ (?), n. [l., fr. gr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?;&?; a horn: cf. f. rhinocéros. see horn.] (zo?l.) any pachyderm belonging to the genera rhinoceros, atelodus, and several allied genera of the family rhinocerotid?, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. they are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
note: the indian, or white, and the javan rhinoceroses (rhinoceros indicus and r. sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. the two or three african species belong to atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. the two malay, or east indian, two-horned species belong to ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. see borele, and keitloa.
rhinoceros
auk (zo?l.), an auk of the north pacific (cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill.
rhinoceros
beetle (zo?l.), a very large beetle of the genus dynastes, having a horn on the head.
rhinoceros
bird. (zo?l.) (a) a large hornbill (buceros rhinoceros), native of the east indies. it has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. called also rhinoceros hornbill. see hornbill. (b) an african beefeater (buphaga africana). it alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.
rhinoceros
n : massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [syn: rhino]
similar words(10)
white rhinoceros
rhinoceros hornbill
rhinoceros unicornis
woolly rhinoceros
indian rhinoceros
rhinoceros bird
rhinoceros antiquitatis
rhinoceros auk
rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros family
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
rhinoceros
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| Dream Dictionary |
Rhinoceros
To dream that you see a rhinoceros, foretells you will have a great loss threatening you, and that you will have secret troubles. To kill one, shows that you will bravely overcome obstacles.
To dream that you see a rhinoceros, foretells you will have a great loss threatening you, and that you will have secret troubles. To kill one, shows that you will bravely overcome obstacles.
Rhinoceros Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
rhinoceros
N M
rhinoceros (African or Indian); rhinoceros horn oil-flask
N M
rhinoceros (African or Indian); rhinoceros horn oil-flask
Rhinoceros Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros Used in the mystical schools of Northern Buddhism to signify a pratyeka buddha, a translation of the Sanskrit khadga. The nature of the rhinoceros is to be alone, walk alone, live alone, intent on its own affairs and more or less oblivious of what does not concern these. Transferring the idea of the solitary individual intent upon his own purposes, however spiritually high, to the pratyeka buddhas gives an outline of the entire Mahayana Buddhist doctrine.
Instead of khadga, the ancient Buddhist writers frequently used eka-sringa (one-horned), likewise signifying rhinoceros with the reference to the one-pointed spiritual self-interest and spiritual selfishness, of the prayeka buddhas.
Eka-sringa-rishi is the rhinoceros-rishi.
Rhinoceros Used in the mystical schools of Northern Buddhism to signify a pratyeka buddha, a translation of the Sanskrit khadga. The nature of the rhinoceros is to be alone, walk alone, live alone, intent on its own affairs and more or less oblivious of what does not concern these. Transferring the idea of the solitary individual intent upon his own purposes, however spiritually high, to the pratyeka buddhas gives an outline of the entire Mahayana Buddhist doctrine.
Instead of khadga, the ancient Buddhist writers frequently used eka-sringa (one-horned), likewise signifying rhinoceros with the reference to the one-pointed spiritual self-interest and spiritual selfishness, of the prayeka buddhas.
Eka-sringa-rishi is the rhinoceros-rishi.
Rhinoceros Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros , or rhino, is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. Three of the five species are critically endangered, and another, the Indian Rhinoceros, is endangered.
The family is characterised by large size (one of the few remaining megafauna surviving today) with all of the species capable of reaching one ton or more in weight; herbivorous diet; and a thick protective skin, 1.5-5 cm thick, formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure; relatively small brains for mammals this size (400-600g); and its horn. The rhino is prized for its horn. The horns of a Rhinoceros are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair, but the horn is not itself made of hair as some have believed[1]. Rhinoceros also have acute hearing and sense of smell, but poor eyesight. Most rhinoceros live to be about 50 years old or more. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceros is "crash".
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Rhinoceros (play)
Rhinoceros (French original title Rhinocéros) is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play belongs to the school of drama known as the theatre of the absurd. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses; the central character, Bérenger, a flustered everyman figure who is often criticized throughout the play for his drinking and tardiness, is ultimately the only human who does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis. The play is often read as a response to the sudden upsurge of Fascism and Nazism during the events preceding World War II, and explores the themes of conformity, culture, philosophy, and morality.
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