RHINO


Meaning of RHINO in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

lion/rhino/stag etc hunt

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

black

The design is of a black rhino .

A survey of black rhinos in the Matusadona park found only 15, compared to an estimated population of 150.

The black rhino is particularly vulnerable.

white

Up to 70 white rhinos had been recorded in 1992.

There are only 40 of the northern white rhinos left in the world, Rieches said.

I saw the new white rhino there and shat my pants with fear.

■ NOUN

horn

Officials say about 1.4 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled, but conservationists claim the real figure is up to 10 tonnes.

Prices were sky high, with rhino horn worth four times as much as ivory, and still rising.

More sinister are the deaths in suspicious circumstances of two army officers who were investigating the rhino horn trade.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Charlie crashed into a wall and bounced off it like a rubber rhino .

Judy, who has been here since November 1986, has given birth to five rhinos.

Of the five rhino species there are just over 8,000 left, Javan rhinos number 50 and Sumatran rhinos 800.

The cameras snapped an average of one rhino every five days.

The design is of a black rhino .

The devices will allow national park staff to monitor rhino movements 24 hours a day.

Up to 70 white rhinos had been recorded in 1992.

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