rhinoceros

English - Turkish

Definition of rhinoceros in English Turkish dictionary

{i} gergedan

Gergedan bir dinozor değildir. - Rhinoceros is not a dinosaur.

Gergedanlar büyük hayvanlardır. - Rhinoceroses are large animals.

(isim) gergedan

{ç} --es (raynas'ırısız)/rhi.noc.er.os/rhi.noc.eri (raynas'ıray)

Related Terms

rhinoceros beetle

gergedanböceği

african white rhinoceros

beyaz afrika gergedanı

black rhinoceros

afrika gergedanı

white rhinoceros

ak gergedan

rhinoceroses

gergedan

English - English

Definition of rhinoceros in English English dictionary

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

{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)

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

Related Terms

rhinoceros beetle

any of various tropical beetles, mostly of the genus Dynastes, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts

rhinoceros beetles

plural form of rhinoceros beetle

rhinoceros beetle

any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts

rhinoceros beetle

Any of various large scarabaeid beetles of the genus Dynastes and related genera, characterized by horns on the head and thorax and found in tropical regions

black rhinoceros

A species of rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, in the familia Rhinocerotidae

black rhinoceros

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) of sub-Saharan Africa having a prehensile upper lip that protrudes in the middle ― called also black rhino

A rhinoceros

rhinocerote

The rhinoceros

abada

The rhinoceros

rhinocerot

black rhinoceros

African rhino; in danger of extinction

genus rhinoceros

type genus of the Rhinocerotidae

indian rhinoceros

having one horn

rhinoceri

nonstandard, or, jocular, plural of rhinoceros

rhinoceroses

A plural of rhinoceros

rhinoceroses

rhinocerotidae

white rhinoceros

large light-gray African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros

woolly rhinoceros

extinct thick-haired species of arctic regions

Hyphenation

rhi·noc·er·os

Turkish pronunciation

raynäsırıs

Pronunciation

/rīˈnäsərəs/ /raɪˈnɑːsɜrəs/

Etymology

() Via Latin rhinoceros, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinokerōs), composed of ῥίς (rhis, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).