Definition of Rhinoceroses

1. Noun. (plural of rhinoceros) ¹

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Definition of Rhinoceroses

1. rhinoceros [n] - See also: rhinoceros

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinoceroses

rhinitis nervosa
rhinitis sicca
rhino
rhino-
rhinoanemometer
rhinocanthectomy
rhinocele
rhinocephaly
rhinoceri
rhinocerical
rhinoceroi
rhinoceros
rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros beetles
rhinoceros family
rhinoceroses (current term)
rhinoceroslike
rhinocerot
rhinocerote
rhinocerotes
rhinocerots
rhinocerus
rhinochiloplasty
rhinocleisis
rhinoconjunctivitis
rhinodacryolith
rhinodymia
rhinodynia
rhinoestrosis

Literary usage of Rhinoceroses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"In 1898 a special expedition for rhinoceroses was conducted in the Republican River Valley of ... My division of the rhinoceroses of Europe ' and America ..."

2. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... and Vardon—Divergence of opinion concerning disposition of the two so-called different species of black rhinoceroses—Experiences of Gordon Gumming, ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1901)
"The manus differs from all other known American rhinoceroses in being ... the establishment of the homology of the teeth of the modern rhinoceroses. ..."

4. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"DISTRIBUTION OF rhinoceroses We will begin the Ungulates with what is called by ... The rhinoceroses of the Ethiopian Region belong to quite a distinct ..."

5. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"rhinoceroses, ANCIENT AND MODERN. IT is not uncommon, in works devoted to the sporting rather than to the strictly scientific aspects of natural history, ..."

6. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1885)
"... and their size and unwieldiness gave them a resemblance to the elephants and rhinoceroses of modern times. They appear to have walked mainly on their ..."

7. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"There are also several drawings or engravings of rhinoceroses. ... Paleontology reveals three species of rhinoceroses in Quaternary Europe: 1, ..."

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