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rhinocerots

rhinocerots is the plural of rhinocerot.

Meaning of rhinocerot

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

Questions about rhinocerots

What is rhinocerots the plural of?
Rhinocerots is the plural of rhinocerot.

Words near rhinocerots in the dictionary

  1. rhinocerotids
  2. rhinocerotiform
  3. rhinocerotine
  4. rhinocerotoid
  5. rhinocerotoids
  6. rhinocerots
  7. rhinocerus
  8. rhinochimaerid
  9. rhinochimaerids
  10. rhinocleisis
  11. rhinocnesmus

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