different between rhinoceros vs rhinocerotic

English

Etymology

From Latin rh?nocer?s, from Ancient Greek ????????? (rh?nóker?s), composed of ??? (rhís, “nose”) + ????? (kéras, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a??n?s???s/
• (US) enPR: r?-näs??-r?s, IPA^(key): /?a??n?s???s/

Noun

rhinoceros (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses or rhinocerosses or (nonstandard) rhinoceri or (archaic) rhinocerotes)

1. Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
2. (by extension) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidae, including the hornless Paraceratherium.

Hyponyms

• black rhinoceros
• Indian rhinoceros
• Javan rhinoceros
• lesser one-horned rhinoceros
• Sumatran rhinoceros
• white rhinoceros
• woolly rhinoceros

Derived terms

• rhino
• rhinoceros beetle

Translations

See also

• abada
• crash

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (rhinóker?s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ri??no.ke.ro?s/, [ri??n?k??o?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ri?no.t??e.ros/, [ri?n??t?????s]

Noun

rh?nocer?s m (genitive rh?nocer?tis); third declension

1. rhinoceros
2. vessel made of a rhinoceros's horn
3. nickname for someone with a long nose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• rhinoceros in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
• rhinoceros in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rhinoceros in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rhinoceros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Adjective

rhinocerotic (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to rhinoceroses.