white rhinoceros

English

Etymology

Perhaps simply from the color (compare black rhino), or perhaps from Dutch wijd (“wide”). See White Rhinoceros#Naming.

Noun

white rhinoceros (plural white rhinoceros or white rhinoceroses)

  1. An African species of rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.