rhinoceros
/ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/ · noun
Meaning
- Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
- An ungulate mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including the hornless Paraceratherium.
Etymology / origin
From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
- rhīnocerōs(la)→
- *ḱerh₂-(ine-pro)→
- rhinoceros (English)
- Relations: root, uder
Related words
Descendant words
- ᎳᏃᏏᎳ(Cherokee) (bor)
- rhinoseros(Welsh) (bor)
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