white rhinoceros

/waɪt raɪˌnɑsərəs/
/hwaɪt raɪˌnɑsərəs/
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Other forms: white rhinoceroses

Definitions of white rhinoceros
  1. noun
    large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros
    synonyms: Ceratotherium simum, Diceros simus
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    type of:
    rhino, rhinoceros
    massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
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