rhinoceros

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"But you must take care, boys, for the rhinoceros is a very dangerous beast; and it will charge at anything, even at a tree if it is in its way Ha!

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  1. noun Any of several large, thick-skinned, herbivorous mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and Asia, having one or two upright horns on the snout.

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  • Footage of the Javanese rhinoceros, the world's rarest mammal, has been released by the World Wildlife Fund. —  Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph
  • Some of the flesh of the rhinoceros was also cut off, and with the lion-skin packed up. —  Adventures in Africa By an African Trader
  • Ugly as the rhinoceros is, the female is a very affectionate mother, and guards her young with the tenderest care. —  In the Wilds of Africa
  • The Major and Alexander having declared their intention of immediately going in pursuit, Swinton advised them to be cautious, as the charge of a rhinoceros was a very awkward affair, if they did not get out of the way. —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa
  • By the track which was marked with the blood of the rhinoceros, the hyena must have followed the animal for many miles, until the rhinoceros was in such pain that it could proceed no farther.--But if you are to hunt to-morrow at daybreak, it is time to go to sleep; so good-night At daybreak the next morning, they took a hasty meal, and started again for the plain. —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa
 

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  1. Middle English rinoceros, from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Greek rhīnokerōs : rhīno-, rhino- + keras, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also rhinocerot, rhinocerote; = Old French rhinoceros, French rhinocéros = Spanish Italian rinoceronte = Portuguese rhinoceros, rhinoceronte, from Latin rhinoceros, from Greek ῤινόκερως (-κερωτ-), a rhinoceros, literally ‘nose-horned,’ from ῤίς (ῤιν-), the nose, + κέρας, a horn.
 

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