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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhinoceros
Rhi-noc′e-ros
(rī̍-nŏs′ē̍-rŏs)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
ῥινοκέρως
, ῥινοκέρωτος
; ῥίς
, ῥινός
, the nose + κέρασ
a horn: cf. F. rhinocéros
. See Horn
.] (Zool.)
Any pachyderm belonging to the genera
Rhinoceros
, Atelodus
, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae
, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout. ☞ The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (
Rhinoceros Indicus
and Rhinoceros Sondaicus
) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus
, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus
, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele
, and Keitloa
. Rhinoceros auk
(Zool.)
, an auk of the North Pacific (
– Cerorhina monocrata
) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. Rhinoceros beetle
(Zool.)
, a very large beetle of the genus
– Dynastes
, having a horn on the head. Rhinoceros bird
. (Zool.)
(a)
A large hornbill (
. See Buceros rhinoceros
), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill
Hornbill
. (b)
An African beefeater (
Buphaga Africana
). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.Webster 1828 Edition
Rhinoceros
RHINOC'EROS
,Noun.
A genus of quadrupeds of two species, one of which, the unicorn, as a single horn growing almost erect from the nose. This animal when full grown, is said to be 12 feet in length. There is another species with two horns, the bicornis. They are natives of Asia and Africa.
Definition 2024
rhinocéros
rhinocéros
See also: rhinoceros
Norman
Etymology
Borrowing from French rhinocéros, from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), composed of ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Noun
rhinocéros m (plural rhinocéros)