单词 | rhinocerotine |
释义 | rhinocerotineadj.n. Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology. A. adj. Rhinocerine; spec. of or relating to the subfamily Rhinocerotinae. 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 1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. II. 607/1 A Rhinocerotine animal, in form lighter than a wild bull. 1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 688 The Rhinocerotine line arose from a primitive quadritubercular diplarthrous form. 1924 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 212 369 A preliminary notice was published of a rhinocerotine lower jaw from the Bugti deposits of Baluchistan. 1955 I. T. Sanderson Living Mammals of World 241/1 Not so long ago, geologically speaking, the earth positively swarmed with rhinocerotine creatures of all sizes. B. n. A mammal of the subfamily Rhinocerotinae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Rhinocerotidae > rhinoceros unicorna1300 rhinocerosa1398 rhinocerota1398 rhinocerite1553 abada1588 horn-nose1598 snout-horn1625 horned-snout1661 rhino1870 rhinocerotine1910 1910 H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals (App.) 558 Subfam. Rhinocerotinæ. Rhinocerotines. Rhinoceros. Indian One-horned Rhinoceros. 1998 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 141 18/2 If Aprotodon is considered to be a rhinocerotine..then this subfamily appeared in Asia during the early Oligocene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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