Meanings
plural rhinoceroses · plural uncommon rhinocerosses · nonstandard plural rhinoceri · nonstandard plural rhinoceroi · archaic plural rhinocerotes
- Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
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Herein therefore to draw up our determinations beside the several pieces of Scripture mentioning this Animal (which some may well contend to be only meant of the Rhinoceros) we are so far from denying there is any Unicorn at all, that we affirme there are many kinds thereof. In the number of Quadrapedes we will concede no less then five; that is the Indian Oxe, Indian Ass, Rhinoceros, the Oryx, and that which is more eminently termed Monoceros, or Unicornis.
1658, Thomas Brown, “Of Unicorns Horn”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or Enquiries Into Very many Received Tenents And commonly Presumed Truths. The Fourth Edition, page 203Synonyms: rhino, rhinocerotid
- biologyAn ungulate mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including the hornless Paraceratherium.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
More synonyms by meaning
nounmassive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekῥῑνόκερως“nose-horned”
- Latinrhīnocerōs
- Englishrhinoceros
From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans neushoring, renoster
- neushoringherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- renosterherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως
- ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Arabic وَحِيد اَلْقَرْن, كَرْكَدَّن
- وَحِيد اَلْقَرْن (waḥīd al-qarn)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- حَرِيش (ḥarīš)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- قَرنفherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Basque errinozero
- errinozeroherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Bengali গন্ডার, গণ্ডার
- গন্ডার (gonḍar)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- গণ্ডার (gonḍar)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Bulgarian носоро́г
- носоро́г (nosoróg)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Catalan rinoceront
- rinocerontherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Chinese Cantonese 犀牛
- 犀牛 (sai¹ ngau⁴)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Chinese Mandarin 犀牛
- 犀牛 (xīniú)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Czech nosorožec
- nosorožecherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Danish næsehorn
- næsehornherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Dutch neushoorn
- neushoornherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Esperanto rinocero, nazkornulo
- rinoceroherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- nazkornuloherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Estonian ninasarvik
- ninasarvikherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Finnish sarvikuono
- sarvikuonoherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
French rhinocéros
- rhinocérosherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
German Nashorn, Rhinozeros
- Nashornherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- Rhinozerosherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Greek ρινόκερος, ρινόκερως
- ρινόκερος (rinókeros)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- ρινόκερως (rinókeros)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- ριονκερώντος (rionkeróntos)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Hebrew קַרְנַף
- קַרְנַף (karnaf)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Hindi गैंडा, भारतीय गैंडा
- गैंडा (gaiṇḍā)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- भारतीय गैंडा (bhārtīya gaiṇḍā)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- खड्ग (khaḍg)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Hungarian rinocérosz, orrszarvú
- rinocéroszherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- orrszarvúherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Icelandic nashyrningur
- nashyrningurherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Indonesian badak
- badakherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Irish srónbheannach
- srónbheannachherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Italian rinoceronte
- rinoceronteherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Japanese 犀, サイ
- 犀 (sai)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- サイ (sai)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Korean 코뿔소
- 코뿔소 (koppulso)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Latin rhīnocerōs
- rhīnocerōsherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Latvian degunradzis
- degunradzisherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Lithuanian raganosis
- raganosisherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Malay badak sumbu, badak raya
- badak sumbuherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- badak rayaherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- badak gajahherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- badakherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Norwegian Bokmål neshorn
- neshornherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Persian کرگدن, کرگ
- کرگدن (kargadan)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- کرگ (karg)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Polish nosorożec
- nosorożecherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Portuguese rinoceronte
- rinoceronteherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Punjabi ਗੈਂਡਾ
- ਗੈਂਡਾ (gaiṇḍā)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Romanian rinocer
- rinocerherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Russian носоро́г
- носоро́г (nosoróg)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Slovak nosorožec
- nosorožecherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Spanish rinoceronte
- rinoceronteherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Swahili kifaru
- kifaruherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Swedish noshörning
- noshörningherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Tagalog rinoseronte
- rinoseronteherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Tamil காண்டாமிருகம், மூக்குக்கொம்பன்
- காண்டாமிருகம் (kāṇṭāmirukam)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- மூக்குக்கொம்பன் (mūkkukkompaṉ)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- ஒற்றைக்கொம்பன் (oṟṟaikkompaṉ)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Thai แรด, ระมาด
- แรด (rɛ̂ɛt)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- ระมาด (rá-mâat)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Turkish gergedan
- gergedanherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Ukrainian носорі́г
- носорі́г (nosoríh)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Urdu گینڈا
- گینڈا (gainḍā)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Vietnamese tê giác
- tê giácherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Welsh rhinoseros
- rhinoserosherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Yiddish נאָזהאָרן, איינהאָרן
- נאָזהאָרן (nozhorn)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- איינהאָרן (eynhorn)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- רינאָצערוס (rinotserus)herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Zulu ubhejane class 1a/2a, umkhombo
- ubhejane class 1a/2aherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- umkhomboherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
- umduzuherbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
Cite this entry
rhinoceros. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhinoceros
“rhinoceros.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhinoceros. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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