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ry-NOS-uh-r-uh-s/raɪˈnɒsərəs/

A rhinoceros is a very large wild animal with thick skin and one or two horns on its nose. Countable: a rhinoceros, rhinoceroses; informal: a rhino. An elephant is also huge but has a trunk, not a nose horn; a hippo is heavy and lives more in water. Place: Africa, Asia, zoo. Mix-up: rhino vs rain-o — not two words.

Meaning

A very large wild animal with thick skin and one or two horns on its nose.

Examples

• “The rhinoceros is standing in the mud.”
• “Do not go near the rhinoceros at the zoo.”
• “The rhinoceros used its horn to push the log.”

Good to know

a rhinoceros / a rhino. Contrast: elephant (trunk), hippo (water). Mix-up: not rain.

Near in meaning

rhino

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