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Look up: rhinoceros

  1. rhinoceros
    [n] - massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
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  2. Rhinoceros
    Rhi·noc'e·ros noun [ Latin , from Greek ........., .........; .......... ........., the nose + ......... a horn: confer French rhinocéros . See Horn .] (Zoology) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros , Atelod...
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  3. rhinoceros
    <zoology> 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. ....
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  4. rhinoceros
    rhino noun massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
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  5. Rhinoceros
    • (n.) 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.
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  6. Rhinoceros
    (from the article `Ionesco, Eugène`) ...that Ionesco mastered the techniques of the full-length play: Amédée (1954), Tueur sans gages (1959; The Killer), and Le Rhinocéros (1959; ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/43

  7. rhinoceros
    any of five species of ponderous, hoofed mammals, family Rhinocerotidae (order Perissodactyla), found in eastern and southern Africa and in tropical ... [2 related articles]
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  8. rhinoceros
    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. [...
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  9. rhinoceros
    rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. The five living species, which once ranged widely across Africa and Asia, now c...
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  10. Rhinoceros
    A Rhinoceros is an odd-toed hoofed mammal of the family Rhinocerotidae. The one-horned Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is up to two metres high at the shoulder, with a tubercled skin, folded into shield like pieces; the African rhinoceroses are smooth-skinned and two-horned. The African bla...
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  11. rhinoceros
    Click images to enlargeLarge grazing mammal with one or more horns on its snout. Rhinoceroses have thick, loose skin with little hair, stumpy, powerful legs with three toes on each foot. The largest species (the one-horned Indian rhinoceros) can grow up to 2 m/6 ft high at the shoulder and weigh 2,300–4,000 k...
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  12. Rhinoceros
    (play) .`Rhinoceros` (French original title `Rhinocéros`) is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play belongs to the school of drama known as the Theatre of the Absurd. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small, provincial French town turn into r...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros

  13. Rhinoceros
    ), also known as `rhino`, is a group of five Extant taxon|extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family `Rhinocerotidae`. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. The rhinoceros family is characterized by its large size (one of the largest remaining megafauna), with...
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  14. Rhinoceros
    (genus) The members of the genus `Rhinoceros` are the one-horned rhinoceroses. The word "rhinoceros" is of Greek origin; "rhino" meaning "nose", and "ceros" meaning "horn". The genus contains two species, the `Indian Rhinoceros` (Rhi...
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  15. Rhinoceros
    (song) "`Rhinoceros`" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from their debut album, Gish. It was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the few songs from Gish that has been performed consistently throughout the band`s career. The song is an early indication of the loud/so...
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  16. Rhinoceros
    (disambiguation) A `rhinoceros` is any of five species of ungulates in the Rhinocerotidae family. `Rhinoceros` may also refer to: Animals: Art and entertainment: Other uses: See also :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros

  17. Rhinoceros
    (band) `Rhinoceros` was a rock band established in 1967 by Elektra Records as that label`s intended supergroup. The band, while well respected in many circles, did not live up to the record label`s expectations. One reviewer commented, "Despite the fact that the band could not live up to...
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  18. Rhinoceros
    (film) `Rhinoceros` is a 1974 comedy film based on the play by Eugène Ionesco. The film was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscription-driven cinema series. Plot: The residents of a large town are inexplicably turnin...
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