rhino
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhino in British English:
UK [ˈraɪnəʊ]
How to pronounce rhino in American English:
US [ˈraɪnoʊ]
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- Noun:
- massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
Word Origin
- rhino (n.)
- short for rhinoceros, 1884. As slang for "cash" (also rino) 1680s, of unknown origin. Hence cant rhinocerial "rich" [Grose, 1788].
Example
- 1. Before breakfast she took some cine film of rhino .
- 2. He owned the rhino for 12 years .
- 3. And came out full of snake wisdom and rhino fierceness .
- 4. Yemenis rapidly became the world 's biggest importers of rhino horn .
- 5. Martin says chinese buy rhino horn to use as a traditional medicine to lower fever .