Rhino

//ˈɹaɪ.noʊ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Money. archaic, slang, uncountable

    "When so be as a man has no money, why then, a savin and exceptin your onnur's reverence, a's but a poor dog. But when so be as a man as got the rhino, why then a may begin to hold up his head."

  2. 2
    A rhinoceros. colloquial

    "‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’"

  3. 3
    massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout wordnet

Synonyms

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baguettebluntboodlebrassbreadbread

Example

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"Black rhinos have fared better than other rhino species in recent years, but remain threatened by poachers who kill the animals for their horns."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Etymology 2

Clipping of rhinoceros.

Related phrases

Indian rhinoJavan rhinoMerck's rhinoSumatran rhinoblack rhinonarrow-nosed rhinorhino beetlerhino ferrywhite rhinowoolly rhino

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