rhinoceros -
n. (pl. same or
rhinoceroses) any of various large thick-skinned plant-eating ungulates of the
family Rhinocerotidae of Africa and S. Asia, with one horn or in some cases two horns on the nose and plated or folded
skin.
rhinoceros bird = ox-pecker. rhinoceros horn a mass of keratinized fibres, reputed to have medicinal or aphrodisiac powers.
rhinocerotic adj. [ME f. L f. Gk rhinokeros (as RHINO-, keras horn)]
