Meaning & use
Rhino
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An informal short form of 'rhinoceros,' a large, thick-skinned herbivorous mammal with one or two horns on its snout.
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The safari group spotted a rhino grazing near the watering hole.
Conservationists are working to protect the endangered black rhino from poaching.
A note on using this word
In 18th- and 19th-century British slang, 'rhino' also meant money, an unrelated and now largely obsolete usage.
Words with a similar meaning
rhinoceros
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Historical British slang for money.
He hadn't a scrap of rhino left after the long night at the tables.
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