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.
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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
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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
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“White rhinoceros.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20rhinoceros. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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