rhinoceros

Meanings

Plural: rhinoceri, rhinoceroi, rhinoceros, rhinoceroses, rhinocerosses, rhinocerotes

Noun

massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
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.
A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

Synonyms

rhino, rhinocerotid

Scrabble Score: 15

rhinoceros is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
rhinoceros is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 16

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