Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rhinoceros.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Money; cash.
- noun An abbreviation of
rhinoceros .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant Gold and silver, or money.
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- noun Short form of
rhinoceros . - noun slang, archaic
money
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
Etymologies
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Examples
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So this is a really interesting race simply because most Republicans consider Chaffee to be what they call a rhino, which is Republican in name only.
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So this is a really interesting race simply because most Republicans consider Chaffee to be what they call a rhino, which is Republican in name only.
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In today's world of politics, you better have a tough skin ... rhino skin.
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Durer's rhino is fabulously armored, but Oudry's is a real individual.
Menageries: Exotics in a Box Heather McDougal 2008
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My sources in U of SA write there are more elephants now than there were 150-years ago and that black rhino is making a comeback.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The name rhino came about for operational reasons.
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Last year, a Javan rhino, which is one of the world's rarest mammals, was found dead in a Vietnamese national park with its horn chopped off.
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Borneo Sumatran rhinos are a subspecies of the Sumatran rhino, which is the world's smallest rhino species, standing little more than 4ft 120cm at the shoulder.
Malaysia bids to save Borneo Sumatran rhino from extinction 2011
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Last year, a Javan rhino, which is one of the world's rarest mammals, was found dead in a Vietnamese national park with its horn chopped off.
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I can't decide if the bunnies or the rhino are my fave.
Elizabeth's American Safari Experience: 'Blues' to Zebra Elizabeth McClung 2008
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December 29, 2008