RHINO

rhinoceros, rhino

(noun) massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

rhino (plural rhinos)

(colloquial) A rhinoceros.

Etymology 2

Noun

rhino (uncountable)

(slang, archaic) money

Source: Wiktionary


Rhi*no, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat.

Rhi"no-.

Definition: A combining form from Greek the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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