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rhinoceros

DEFINITIONS OF: rhinoceros

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n massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

Synonyms:
rhino
Types:
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Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
having one horn
Rhinoceros antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros
extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions
Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus, white rhinoceros
large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros
Diceros bicornis, black rhinoceros
African rhino; in danger of extinction
Type of:
odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
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