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N.
(pl. same or rhinoceroses) any of various largethick-skinned plant-eating ungulates of the familyRhinocerotidae of Africa and S. Asia, with one horn or in somecases two horns on the nose and plated or folded skin.
Rhinoceros bird = ox-pecker. rhinoceros horn a mass ofkeratinized fibres, reputed to have medicinal or aphrodisiacpowers.
Rhinocerotic adj. [ME f. L f. Gk rhinokeros (asRHINO-, keras horn)]
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