rhinoceros
Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family…Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
» The rhinoceros is very big.
Das Nashorn ist sehr groß.
Носорог очень большой.
Носоріг дуже великий.
Meaning
2 sensesAny large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
Nashorn, Rhinozeros
носоро́гnosoróg
носорі́гnosoríh
massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
An ungulate mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including the hornless Paraceratherium.
Examples
13 sentencesThe rhinoceros is very big.
Носоріг дуже великий. — deniko
ruНосорог очень большой. — odexed
deDas Nashorn ist sehr groß. — mrdax
Rhinoceros ratsnakes are snake unicorns.
Полоз-носоріг Буланже — це змії єдинороги. — Ahha
Three species of rhinoceros are critically endangered.
Adriano saw a rhinoceros at the zoo.
A rhinoceros walked past me without noticing me.
deEin Nashorn ging an mir vorbei, ohne mich zu bemerken. — Adelpa
Translations
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Origin
From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composedFrom Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
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Forms
plural: rhinoceros / rhinoceroses / rhinocerossesSynonyms
2 synonyms- massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout:rhino
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular