Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The native (Bechuana) name of the black rhinoceros, Rhinoceros bicornis, used frequently as a book-name.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).

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  • noun The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Diceros bicornis).

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Examples

  • These four kinds are known among the natives as the "borele," the

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • The horns of the "borele" are placed -- as in all rhinoceroses, -- upon a bony mass over the nostrils, -- hence the word "rhinoceros" (_rhis_, the nose, _chiras_, a horn.)

    The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

  • These four kinds are known among the natives as the "borele," the

    The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

  • In the "borele" they stand erect, curving slightly backwards, and one behind the other.

    The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

  • Having proceeded about two miles with large herds of game on every side, I observed a crusty looking old bull borele, or black rhinoceros, cocking his ears one hundred yards in advance.

    Forest & Frontiers 1867

  • In half an hour a third old borele appeared, and, having inspected the two dead ones, he came up to the waterside.

    Forest & Frontiers 1867

  • 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.

    Forest & Frontiers 1867

  • Following along its margin, I presently beheld a bull of the borele, or black rhinoceros, standing within a hundred yards of me.

    Forest & Frontiers 1867

  • 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 Mayne Reid 1850

  • As the ox, whose struggles were nearly breaking its neck, had been gored by the borele and severely wounded, he saw it would be no use letting him live any longer, and without more ado he received his quietus from

    The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

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