rhinoceros 音标拼音: [rɑɪn'ɑsɚəs]
n . 犀牛
犀牛
rhinoceros n 1 :
massive powerful herbivorous odd -
toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout [
synonym : {
rhinoceros }, {
rhino }]
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n . [
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pachyderme .] (
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Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin ,
including the {
elephant }, {
rhinoceros },
and {
hippopotamus },
one of the Pachydermata .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 1913 Webster ]
Rhinoceros \
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See {
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Any pachyderm belonging to the genera {
Rhinoceros },
{
Atelodus },
and several allied genera of the family {
Rhinocerotidae },
of which several living ,
and many extinct ,
species are known .
They are large and powerful ,
and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The Indian ,
or white ,
and the Javan rhinoceroses ({
Rhinoceros Indicus }
and {
Rhinoceros Sondaicus })
have incisor and canine teeth ,
but only one horn ,
and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds .
The two or three African species belong to {
Atelodus },
and have two horns ,
but lack the dermal folds ,
and the incisor and canine teeth .
The two Malay ,
or East Indian ,
two -
horned species belong to {
Ceratohinus },
in which incisor and canine teeth are present .
See {
Borele },
and {
Keitloa }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Rhinoceros auk } (
Zool .),
an auk of the North Pacific ({
Cerorhina monocrata })
which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill .
{
Rhinoceros beetle } (
Zool .),
a very large beetle of the genus {
Dynastes },
having a horn on the head .
{
Rhinoceros bird }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A large hornbill ({
Buceros rhinoceros }),
native of the East Indies .
It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill .
Called also {
rhinoceros hornbill }.
See {
Hornbill }.
(
b )
An African beefeater ({
Buphaga Africana }).
It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects .
[
1913 Webster ]
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