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Rhinoceros n. (Zool.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, 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. Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and Rhinoceros Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa.

Rhinoceros auk (Zool.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill.

Rhinoceros beetle (Zool.), a very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head.

Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.)

(a)

A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill.

(b)

An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.

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Etymology of 'Rhinoceros beetle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rhinoceros beetle" Quotes from Famous Books

... is a Digger-wasp, like the Cerceris and the Sphex, and feeds her larvae on the grubs of the Cetonia, or Rose-chafer, and the Oryctes, or Rhinoceros Beetle. Cf. The Life and Love of the Insect, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira ...

— The Life of the Spider • J. Henri Fabre