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rhinocerot

/ɹaɪˈnɒsəɹɒt/

rhinocerot noun: the rhinoceros.

Noun

rhinocerot (plural rhinocerots or (archaic) rhinocerotes)

  1. (archaic) The rhinoceros.
    • Antoninus Pius the Emperor, did give many gifts unto the people, amongst which were both Tigers and Rhinocerots, (saith Iulius Capitalinus in his life).1551, Edward Topsell, The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, translation of Historiae Animalium de Quadrupedibus viviparis by Conrad Gesner, published 1607
    • Beyond that Country of Birds, is another wilde and mountainous, where abide many creatures much worse than those Birds, Elephants, Rhinocerotes, Lions, Wild-swine, Buffals, and Wild-kine.1625, Samuel Purchas, Hakluytus Posthumus, J MacLehose, published 1905, page 63

Examples of rhinocerot in a sentence

  • I lately observ'd, that all the teeth of a Rhinocerot, which grow on either side of its mouth, are join'd into one large bone, the weight of one of which I found to be neer eleven pound Haverdupois.1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XL:
  • The Indians have a kind of Crocodile in Ganges, which hath a horn growing out of his nose like a Rhinocerot1896, HW Seager, editor, Natural History in Shakespeare’s Time, Kessinger, published 2004, page 76:

Forms of rhinocerot

pluralrhinocerots
alternative formrhinocerote
plural (archaic)rhinocerotes

Origin of rhinocerot

From the inflected stem of Latin rhinoceros. Compare Middle French rhinocerote, obsolete Italian rinocerote.

Questions about rhinocerot

What does rhinocerot mean?
Rhinocerot means the rhinoceros.
How do you use rhinocerot in a sentence?
I lately observ'd, that all the teeth of a Rhinocerot, which grow on either side of its mouth, are join'd into one large bone, the weight of one of which I found to be neer eleven pound Haverdupois.
What part of speech is rhinocerot?
Rhinocerot is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhinocerot?
Rhinocerot is pronounced /ɹaɪˈnɒsəɹɒt/.
What is the plural of rhinocerot?
The plural of rhinocerot is rhinocerots.

Words near rhinocerot in the dictionary

  1. rhinoceros birds
  2. rhinoceroses
  3. rhinocerosin
  4. rhinoceroslike
  5. rhinocerosses
  6. rhinocerot
  7. rhinocerote
  8. rhinocerotes
  9. rhinocerothid
  10. rhinocerotic
  11. rhinocerotid

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