rhinoceros

B2 Topic:The Human Body

US /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/ UK /ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #23260

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noun
A large, heavy African or Asian animal with thick grey skin and one or two horns on its nose.

We saw a rhinoceros at the wildlife reserve.

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1 noun · a large, heavy african or... rhino

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Forms rhinoceroses

Derived forms rhinorhino-rhinocericalrhinocerinerhinoceroslikerhinoceroticrhinos

Related forms abadacrash

Etymology

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

*ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European ῥῑνόκερως Ancient Greek

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# rhinoceros

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/
**Frequency rank:** 23260

## Meanings
1. A large, heavy African or Asian animal with thick grey skin and one or two horns on its nose.

## Examples
- We saw a rhinoceros at the wildlife reserve.

## Derived Forms
- rhino
- rhino-
- rhinocerical
- rhinocerine
- rhinoceroslike
- rhinocerotic
- rhinos

## Related Forms
- abada
- crash

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱerh₂-
- Root: ῥῑνόκερως

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

## AI Etymology
Rhinoceros comes from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”). Modern senses include a large, heavy African or Asian animal with thick grey skin and one or two horns on its nose.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as rhino, rhino-, rhinocerical, rhinocerine, rhinoceroslike, and rhinocerotic and related forms such as abada and crash.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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