rhinocerote
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹaɪˈnɒ.sə.ɹəʊt/
- Hyphenation: rhi‧no‧ce‧rote
Noun
rhinocerote (plural rhinocerotes)
- (obsolete) Synonym of rhinoceros
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
- So a lion is a perfect creature in himself, though it be less than that of a buffalo or a rhinocerote
References
- “rhinocerote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Interlingua
Latin
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