RHINOCEROS

(plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), [informal] rhino [noun] [C] - a very large thick-skinned animal from Africa or Asia, which has one or two horns on its noseRhinoceroses are hunted for their horns which are ground into powder and used as a medicine.There are only 3 000 black rhinos left in the world, and at the present rate of poaching, they will be extinct in five years.