megarhineadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡərʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəˌraɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin megarhinus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin megarhinus, specific name (J. de Christol 1835, in Ann. des Sci. Nat. 4 76) < mega- mega- comb. form + -rhinus -rhine comb. form. Compare Byzantine Greek μεγαλόρινος. N.E.D. (1906) enters this under megarrhine, a form unattested elsewhere.

Palaeontology. Now rare.

Designating or relating to a species of extinct rhinoceros, Rhinoceros megarhinus, with a large nose.

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tichorhine1854

megarhine1865

1865 W. B. Dawkins in Nat. Hist. Rev. July 403 All the three species [of Rhinoceros]—the megarhine, leptorhine, and tichorhine, are found together at Crayford and Ilford.

1895 R. Lydekker Handbk. Brit. Mammalia 304 Both the Leptorhine (R. leptorhinus) and Megarhine (R. megarhinus) Rhinoceroses..differ essentially from the woolly kind.

1910 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 40 252 The megarhine rhinoceros..is, like the rest of the Pliocene species, of warm or warm temperate habit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megarhine
释义	megarhineadj. Brit. /ˈmɛɡərʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌraɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin megarhinus. Etymology: < scientific Latin megarhinus, specific name (J. de Christol 1835, in Ann. des Sci. Nat. 4 76) < mega- mega- comb. form + -rhinus -rhine comb. form. Compare Byzantine Greek μεγαλόρινος. N.E.D. (1906) enters this under megarrhine, a form unattested elsewhere. Palaeontology. Now rare. Designating or relating to a species of extinct rhinoceros, Rhinoceros megarhinus, with a large nose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [adjective] > having more than two parts to hoof > of or belonging to rhinoceros > of extinct types of tichorhine1854 megarhine1865 1865 W. B. Dawkins in Nat. Hist. Rev. July 403 All the three species [of Rhinoceros]—the megarhine, leptorhine, and tichorhine, are found together at Crayford and Ilford. 1895 R. Lydekker Handbk. Brit. Mammalia 304 Both the Leptorhine (R. leptorhinus) and Megarhine (R. megarhinus) Rhinoceroses..differ essentially from the woolly kind. 1910 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 40 252 The megarhine rhinoceros..is, like the rest of the Pliocene species, of warm or warm temperate habit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1865
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