"white rhinoceros" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white rhinoceros [plural], white rhinoceroses [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps simply from the color (compare black rhino), or perhaps from Dutch wijd (“wide”). See White Rhinoceros#Naming. Etymology templates: {{m|en|black rhino}} black rhino, {{der|en|nl|wijd||wide}} Dutch wijd (“wide”) Head templates: {{en-noun|white rhinoceros|+}} white rhinoceros (plural white rhinoceros or white rhinoceroses)
  1. An African species of rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Wikipedia link: White Rhinoceros#Naming, White rhinoceros Categories (lifeform): Rhinoceroses Synonyms: square-lipped rhinoceros Hypernyms: African rhinoceros Translations (Ceratotherium simum): witrenoster (Afrikaans), witte neushoorn [masculine] (Dutch), valkosarvikuono (Finnish), leveähuulisarvikuono (Finnish), rhinocéros blanc [masculine] (French), Breitmaulnashorn [neuter] (German), λευκός ρινόκερος (lefkós rinókeros) [masculine] (Greek), rinoceronte bianco [masculine] (Italian), nosorożec biały [masculine] (Polish), rinocer alb [masculine] (Romanian), бе́лый носоро́г (bélyj nosoróg) [masculine] (Russian), rinoceronte blanco [masculine] (Spanish), trubbnoshörning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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