(isim) gergedan

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Definition of (isim) gergedan in Turkish English dictionary

rhinoceros

{n} a large animal, the unicorn

Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidæ, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known

They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout

massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout

{i} rhino, any of several species of large land mammal characterized by tough body plates and a horned snout (native to India and Africa)

Any of several large herbivorous pachyderms native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts

A rhinoceros is a large Asian or African animal with thick grey skin and a horn, or two horns, on its nose. Any of five extant African and Asian species (family Rhinocerotidae) of three-toed horned ungulates. One of the largest of all land animals (the white rhinoceros is second only to the elephant), the rhinoceros is particularly distinguished by one or two horns growths of keratin, a fibrous hair protein on its upper snout. All have thick, virtually hairless skin that, in the three Asian species, forms platelike folds at the shoulders and thighs. Rhinos grow to 8-14 ft (2.5-4.3 m) long and 3-6.5 ft (1.5-2 m) tall; adults weigh 3-5 tons. Most are solitary inhabitants of open grassland, scrub forest, or marsh, but the Sumatran rhino lives in deep forest. The African black rhino browses on succulent plants, the white and great Indian rhinos graze on short grasses, and the Sumatran and Javan rhinos browse on bushes and bamboo. In the second half of the 20th century, the rhinoceroses were brought to the brink of extinction by hunters, mostly seeking the horn, which is valued in Asia as an aphrodisiac. The white rhinoceros of Africa is no longer endangered, but the population of the other four species combined is only a few thousand, almost all of which live on reserves

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(i·sim) ger·ge·dan