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rhinocerine, ceratorhine: rhinoceros
1. A reference to rhinoceroses.
2. Characteristic of or resembling a rhinoceros.
2. Characteristic of or resembling a rhinoceros.
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-ine
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rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(page 6)
rhinoceros
1. A very large herbivorous mammal with very thick skin and one or two horns on its snout.
2. A large, unwieldy quadruped of a genus now found only in Africa and Southern Asia, having a horn (or, in some species, two horns) on the nose and a very thick skin disposed in plates and folds. [It should be noted that the rhinoceros “horn” is really not composed of horn at all, but is hard hair].
2. A large, unwieldy quadruped of a genus now found only in Africa and Southern Asia, having a horn (or, in some species, two horns) on the nose and a very thick skin disposed in plates and folds. [It should be noted that the rhinoceros “horn” is really not composed of horn at all, but is hard hair].
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cerato-, cerat-, kerato-, kerat-, ker-, kera-, kerat-
(page 3)
rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(page 6)