Image:Ceratotherium simum kwh.jpg|thumb|A rhinoceros.
English
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Alternative forms
Short form: rhino
Etymology
From L. term|langla|rhinoceros, term|rhinocerontas, from Gr. term|scGrek|ῥιÏ�|trrhis||nose, + term|scGrek|κÎÏ�αÏ�|tr=kéras||horn.
Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/raɪ�n�s�r�s/, SAMPA|/raI"nQs@r@s/
a|US AHD|rī-näsʹ�r�s, IPA|/raɪ�n��s�r�s/, SAMPA|/raI"nA:s@r@s/
audio|en-us-rhinoceros.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|sgrhinoceros|plrhinoceros, less commonly: rhinoceroses or rare, academic: rhinocerotes
- Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
Usage notes
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In natural history, the plural term|rhinoceros is often used, in the same way that the singular of the names of many wild animals is often used in natural history as the plural (compare term|gazelle, term|elephant, etc).
The plurals term|rhinoceri and term|rhinoceroi are often found, formed by association with other Latin and Greek plurals, though they do not represent true Latin or Greek forms.
The Latin-derived plural form term|rhinocerotes is usually considered as a plural of the archaic form term|rhinocerot.
Translations
trans-top|herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Afrikaans: renoster
Belarusian: t-|be|но�о�ог|m|scCyrl|xsBelarusian
Bosnian: t-|bs|nosorog|m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|но�о�ог|m|sc=Cyrl
Chinese characters: �, � (female)
Chinese: �� (xīniú)
Croatian: t-|hr|nosorog|m
Danish: næsehorn n
Dutch: t+|nl|neushoorn|m
Esperanto: rinocero
Estonian: ninasarvik
Finnish: t+|fi|sarvikuono
French: t+|fr|rhinocéros|m
Frisian: noashoarn
German: t-|de|Nashorn|m
Greek: �ιν�κε���, �ιονκε��ν�ο�
Hebrew: ×§×¨× ×£ m
Italian: t+|it|rinoceronte|m
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Lithuanian: raganosis m
Japanese: � (���sai)
Korean: ��� (koppulso)
Latin: t-|la|rhinoceros|m
Polish: nosorożec m
Portuguese: t+|pt|rinoceronte|m
Russian: t+|ru|но�о�ог|m|sc=Cyrl
Serbian:
Slovene: t-|sl|nosorog|m
Spanish: t-|es|rinoceronte|m
Swahili: kifaru (noun 7/8)
Swedish: t-|sv|noshörning|c
Turkish: gergedan
Ukrainian: ноÑ�оÑ�Ñ�г (nosorÃg) m
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See also
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Latin
Noun
infl|la|noun|headrhīnocer�s|declension|Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|-er�tis|genderm
- rhinoceros#English|rhinoceros
- vessel made of a rhinoceros's horn
- nickname for someone with a long nose
Related terms
rhino
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