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rhino

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/ / /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/

noun

Etymology: Clipping of rhinoceros.

  1. A rhinoceros.

    ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

    This cutting from an East African newspaper caught our eye last month: "The up mail train from Mombasa was held up for an hour at Kibwezi by an angry rhino on Monday night."