Definition of "rhinoceros" [rhi•noc•e•ros]

• Any of several large, thick-skinned, herbivorous mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and Asia, having one or two upright horns on the snout. (noun)

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• "A man with many tail-feathers from the rhinoceros hornbill (_buceros rhinoceros_) stuck into his rattan cap seated himself on a crude platform which had been built on upright poles over the water."
• "James had visited the San Diego Zoo and thought rhinoceros is the coolest animal on the planet."
• "Jun. 9th, 2010 02: 36 am (UTC) 'The rhinoceros is all that's left of the unicorn."