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rhinocerine

rhinocerine adjective: of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.

Adjective

rhinocerine (comparative more rhinocerine, superlative most rhinocerine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.
    • Regarding us warily, the creature turned its rhinocerine head in our direction.
    • The above appear to have been the only Rhinocerine remains discovered at Oreston...1870 April 27, “Proceedings of the Geological Society”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, page 458

Synonyms of rhinocerine

Forms of rhinocerine

comparativemore rhinocerine
superlativemost rhinocerine

Origin of rhinocerine

From rhinoceros + -ine.

Questions about rhinocerine

What does rhinocerine mean?
Rhinocerine means of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.
What part of speech is rhinocerine?
Rhinocerine is an adjective.

Words near rhinocerine in the dictionary

  1. rhinocerases
  2. rhinocerebral
  3. rhinoceri
  4. rhinocerial
  5. rhinocerical
  6. rhinocerine
  7. rhinoceroi
  8. rhinocerontid
  9. rhinocerontids
  10. rhinoceros
  11. rhinoceros auklet

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