1. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
   "The rhinoceros used its horn to defend itself against poachers";
   - rhino [informal]

Derived forms: rhinoceroses

Type of: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal

Part of: family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae

Encyclopedia: Rhinoceros