keitloa

[ kahyt-loh-uh, keyt- ]

noun

1. a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.

keitloa

/ ˈkeɪt-; ˈkaɪtləʊə /

noun

1. a southern African variety of the black two-horned rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis

Word History and Origins

Origin of keitloa¹

1830–40; said to be < Setswana

Word History and Origins

Origin of keitloa¹

C19: from Tswana khetlwa

Example Sentences

There are four varieties in South Africa, distinguished by the Bechuanas by the names of the Borèlé or black rhinoceros, the Keitloa or two-horned black rhinoceros, the Muchocho or common white rhinoceros and the Kobaoba or long-horned white rhinoceros.

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The keitloa is larger than the bovele, and has its two horns of nearly the same length.

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The white ones were called respectively “kobaoba” and “muchocho,” the black ones “borelé” and “keitloa.”

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His merriment, however, was not of long duration, for he now began to perceive that the fury of the keitloa was as long-lived as it was terrible.

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But the keitloa cared not for that.

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