different between rhinocerote vs rhinocerot

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??n?.s?.???t/
• Hyphenation: rhi?no?ce?rote

Noun

rhinocerote (plural rhinocerotes)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of rhinoceros
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter

     So a lion is a perfect creature in himself, though it be less than that of a buffalo or a rhinocerote

Interlingua

Noun

rhinocerote (plural rhinocerotes)

1. rhinoceros

Latin

Noun

rh?nocer?te

1. ablative singular of rh?nocer?s

English

Alternative forms

• rhinocerote

Etymology

From the inflected stem of Latin rhinoceros. Compare Middle French rhinocerote, obsolete Italian rinocerote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??n?s???t/

Noun

rhinocerot (plural rhinocerots or (archaic) rhinocerotes)

1. (now rare) The rhinoceros. [from 14th c.]
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XL:

     I lately observ'd, that all the teeth of a Rhinocerot, which grow on either side of its mouth, are join'd into one large bone, the weight of one of which I found to be neer eleven pound Haverdupois.

References

OED Third Edition, June 2010