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Meanings of rhinoceros in English

Russian
носороговые
Portuguese
rinoceronte
Spanish
rinocerontido
Catalan
rinoceront
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Family of mammals.

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        Usage of rhinoceros in English
        1
        The one which is represented in the engraving is the double-horned rhinoceros.
        Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
        2
        The elephant and rhinoceros are found, few in number, in the north.
        Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
        3
        The next to attempt their capture were the elephant and the rhinoceros.
        Christmas Outside of Eden
        4
        The big-nosed rhinoceros went stupidly browsing along the edge of the cliff.
        The Tree-Dwellers
        5
        The rhinoceros which I saw in a cage was not quite full-grown.
        Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
        6
        Four rhinoceros trophy heads with horns were removed from display last year.
        The Irish Times
        7
        The rhinoceros came on bravely to the edge of this ravine-and stopped.
        The Land of Footprints
        8
        That forest is the home of the wild elephant, rhinoceros and sladang.
        The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
        9
        On seeing Rustem the rhinoceros retreated, and the elephant was led back.
        Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
        10
        They dig pit-holes for the hippopotamus and rhinoceros and occasionally take them.
        The Mission
        11
        The morose rhinoceros, though less numerous, are found in every thick jungle.
        The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
        12
        It designates a prodigious and enormous beast-therhinoceros, perhaps, or the hippopotamus.
        The Cathedral
        13
        The Abyssinian rhinoceros has two horns and its skin has no folds.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        14
        The first instance was that when B. killed his second trophy rhinoceros.
        The Land of Footprints
        15
        A rhinoceros was likewise exhibited on this occasion for the first time.
        A Smaller History of Rome
        16
        This was soon done, and the rhinoceros meat put on to cook.
        Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
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