white rhinoceros

white rhinoceros

English

A white rhinoceros

Etymology

Perhaps simply from the color (compare black rhino), or perhaps from Dutch wijd (“wide”). See White Rhinoceros#Naming.

Noun

white rhinoceros (plural white rhinoceros or white rhinoceroses)

1. An African species of rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).

Synonyms

• square-lipped rhinoceros

Hypernyms

• African rhinoceros

Translations

Ceratotherium simum

Afrikaans: witrenoster (af) Dutch: witte neushoorn (nl) m Finnish: valkosarvikuono, leveähuulisarvikuono French: rhinocéros blanc m German: Breitmaulnashorn n Greek: λευκός ρινόκερος m (lefkós rinókeros) Italian: rinoceronte bianco m Polish: nosorożec biały m Romanian: rinocer alb m Russian: бе́лый носоро́г (ru) m (bélyj nosoróg) Spanish: rinoceronte blanco m Swedish: trubbnoshörning (sv) c