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rhinoceros

[rahy-nos-er-uhs] / raɪˈnɒs ər əs /




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The research also introduces a revised rhinoceros family tree and suggests that this Arctic species reached North America via a land bridge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12 kilograms of unidentified meat used to conceal them inside a polystyrene icebox.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

It was the ninth Banksy to appear in as many days in London and follows images of a goat, elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans, a cat, piranhas and a rhinoceros.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

There are one-off reports of the virus infecting a leopard in India and a white rhinoceros in Senegal.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 29, 2024

Every statue wore a tall white cap and every marble nose was tipped with a horn like that of a rhinoceros.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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