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Noun: rhinoceros  rI'nó-su-rus
  1. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
    - rhino

Derived forms: rhinoceroses

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

Part of: family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae

Encyclopedia: Rhinoceros