"rhinocerotes" meaning in English

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          "text": "Another seal from Mohenjodaro shows us the male God horned and three faced sitting in yogic posture and still another seal gives his representations as surrounded by beasts, the elephant, the tiger, the rhinocerotes and the buffalo with a couple of deer at his feet.",
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          "text": "The rhinoceros’ horn stands upright. Through a belief in sympathetic magic, it is thought to make men’s parts stand upright, and male anxiety about their erection has come close to wiping out the population of rhinocerotes.",
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