单词 | rhinoceros |
释义 | rhinoceros /ruy nos"euhr euhs/, n. , pl. rhinoceroses, (esp. collectively) rhinoceros. 1. any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered. 2. Douay Bible. unicorn (def. 4). [1300-50; ME rinoceros < LL rhinoceros < Gk rhinókeros, equiv. to rhino- RHINO- + -keros -horned, adj. deriv. of kéras HORN (of an animal)] |
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