Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The twohorned black rhinoceros of South Africa, Rhinoceros keitloa, or Sloan's rhinoceros. The two horns are of nearly equal size, attaining a length of about a foot. The animal is about 11 feet long and 5 feet high. It is ill-tempered, and a very dangerous antagonist.
Wiktionary
- n. A variety of the black rhinoceros
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.
Etymologies
- Tswana (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The posterior horn in this species is only a sort of knob; whereas in the "keitloa," or two-horned black rhinoceros, both horns are developed to a nearly equal length.”
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
“South Africa, distinguished by the Bechuanas by the names of the borele or black rhinoceros, the keitloa or two-horned rhinoceros, the muchocho or common white rhinoceros, and the kobaoba or long-horned white rhinoceros.”
“There is only one species of rhinoceros in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.”
“In the "muchocho" and "kobaoba," the after horns can hardly be said to exist, but the anterior one in both species far exceeds in length those of the borele and keitloa.”
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
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