Definitions for: Rhinoceros


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Rhi*noc"e*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, ???; ???. ???,
the nose + ??? a horn: cf. F. rhinoc['e]ros. See Horn.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros,
Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family
Rhinocerotid[ae], 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.

Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses
(Rhinoceros Indicus and R. 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 (Zo["o]l.), an auk of the North Pacific
(Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top
of the bill.

Rhinoceros beetle (Zo["o]l.), a very large beetle of the
genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head.

Rhinoceros bird. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the
East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on
the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See
Hornbill.
(b) An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on
the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic
insects.

Synonyms: rhino

See Also: black rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis, Diceros simus, family Rhinocerotidae, Indian rhinoceros, odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal, Rhinoceros antiquitatis, rhinoceros family, Rhinoceros unicornis, Rhinocerotidae, white rhinoceros, woolly rhinoceros

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