RHINOCEROS

[rhi.noc.er.os] n, pl -noc.er.os.es or -noc.er.os or -noc.eri [ME rinoceros, fr. L rhinocerot-, rhinoceros, fr. Gk rhinokerot-, rhinokeros, fr. rhin- + keras horn--more at horn] (14c): any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair