white rhinoceros

noun

variants or white rhino

: a rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) of southern and central Africa that is distinguished from the black rhinoceros especially by larger size and by a squared upper lip lacking a protrusion

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Howard, a southern white rhinoceroses who has been at the Phoenix Zoo since 2020, died after battling a neurological condition. —

Axios Phoenix, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024 The Indianapolis Zoo lost its 36-year-old white rhinoceros to a cancerous tumor found in its leg, officials announced Wednesday in a Facebook post. —

Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024 There are one-off reports of the virus infecting a leopard in India and a white rhinoceros in Senegal. —

Jon Cohen, science.org, 29 Apr. 2024 Sacramento resident Jackie Robinson was a first-time visitor to the zoo in the midst of Monday’s news conference, which featured J. Gregory, the zoo’s first white rhinoceros. —

Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for white rhinoceros

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of white rhinoceros was in 1801

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