Merck's rhino

noun

Merck's rhinoceros.

Meanings

nounMerck's rhino (plural Merck's rhinos)

plural Merck's rhinos

  1. Merck's rhinoceros.

    The range of Europe's rhinos extended far to the east: Merck's rhino as far as Afghanistan, and the narrow-nosed rhino as far as eastern China.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 198

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Origin

Named after Carl Heinrich Merck; see Merck's rhinoceros for more.

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