white rhinoceros

noun

variants or white rhino

: a rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) of southern and central Africa that is distinguished from the black rhinoceros especially by larger size and by a squared upper lip lacking a protrusion

Examples of white rhinoceros in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There are one-off reports of the virus infecting a leopard in India and a white rhinoceros in Senegal. —

Jon Cohen, science.org, 29 Apr. 2024 Sacramento resident Jackie Robinson was a first-time visitor to the zoo in the midst of Monday’s news conference, which featured J. Gregory, the zoo’s first white rhinoceros. —

Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024 The elephant enclosure will be repurposed for the zoo's white rhinoceroses, 40-year-old female, Sindi, and 9-year-old male, Letterman. —

Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024 The calf, a southern white rhinoceros, is the first to be born at Zoo Atlanta. —

Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for white rhinoceros

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Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of white rhinoceros was in 1801

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