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单词 rhinocerontine
释义

rhinocerontineadj.

Brit. /rʌɪˌnɒsəˈrɒntʌɪn/, U.S. /raɪˌnɑsəˈrɑnˌtin/, /raɪˌnɑsəˈrɑnˌtaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rhinoceront- , rhinoceron , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin rhinoceront-, rhinoceron (see rhinoceros n.) + -ine suffix1. Compare scientific Latin Rhinocerontina , subfamily name (C. L. Bonaparte 1831). Compare rhinocerine adj. 2.
Chiefly Zoology. Now rare.
= rhinocerine adj. 2a.
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
rhinocerotine1845
rhinocerontine1857
rhinocerotic1864
rhinocerine1870
rhinoceroid1872
rhinocerotoid1883
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. i. 22 The rhinocerontine family.
1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 991 In the Rhinocerontine line mastication has been performed on that side of the mouth where the lower jaw was passing from the outside inwards.
1889 Jrnl. Morphol. 3 258 A characteristic peculiarity of the Lophiodontidæ and of their Rhincerontine descendants.
1986 T. H. Clarke Rhinoceros from Dürer to Stubbs 61 Little impact on rhinocerontine iconography, apart from leaving in the minds of a few Englishmen on the Grand Tour the impression of a gentler creature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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