rīˈnäs(ə)rəs noun
Etymology: Middle English rinoceros, from Latin rhinocerot-, rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokerōt-, rhinokerōs, from rhin-, rhis nose + -kerōt-, -kerōs (from keras horn) — more at rhin- , horn
1. plural rhi·noceroses -)rəsə̇z or rhinoceros -)rəs or rhi·noc·eri -äsəˌrī also rhinoc·er·o·tes (ˌ)rīˌnäsəˈrōd.(ˌ)ēz : any of various large powerful herbivorous thick-skinned perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae that have one or two heavy upright horns on the snout or that in some extinct genera are hornless — see black rhinoceros , white rhinoceros , woolly rhinoceros
2. capitalized
[New Latin, from Latin]
: a genus (the type of the family Rhinocerotidae) that contains the Indian and Malayan rhinoceroses