rhino

¹

[ rahy-noh ]

noun

, plural rhi·nos, (especially collectively) rhi·no.

1. a rhinoceros.

rhino

²

[ rahy-noh ]

noun

, Chiefly British Slang.

1. money; cash.

rhino-

³

1. a combining form meaning “nose,” used in the formation of compound words:

   rhinology.

rhino-

¹

combining_form

1. indicating the nose or nasal

   rhinology

rhino

²

/ ˈraɪnəʊ /

noun

1. a slang word for money

rhino

³

/ ˈraɪnəʊ /

noun

1. short for rhinoceros

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhino¹

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Origin of rhino²

First recorded in 1680–90; origin uncertain

Origin of rhino³

< Greek rhīno-, combining form of rhī́s (stem rhīn- )

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhino¹

from Greek rhis, rhin

Origin of rhino²

C17: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

I got a tuna melt and fries at a woman-owned restaurant near my San Francisco apartment, bought a natural-wood rhino on wheels from a woman-owned toy store, and took home some cookies from a very popular woman-owned bakery.

From Time

Fossils of the plant-eating rhinos aren’t uncommon in Nebraska.

From Science News For Students

To gain more insight into which interactions will stimulate those receptors, the team looked at studies that have collected data on touches to the limbs, head or neck of dogs, dolphins, rhinos, elephants and other mammals.

From Science News

To return to the barnyard example, the algorithm might make three initial guesses, where each guess is a 3-by-1 matrix that specifies a number of chickens, rhinos and goats.

From Quanta Magazine

I mean a rhino like a rhinoceros, not a RINO, not a Mitt Romney.

From Ozy

But arrests of rhino poachers have also followed an upward curve.

From The Daily Beast

Rhino horns are also sold as ceremonial daggers in Middle Eastern countries like Yemen.

From The Daily Beast

Rhino horn is particularly lucrative—each kilogram can fetch up to $66,000.

From The Daily Beast

If elephant, rhino, and other African wildlife are poached to extinction, tourism will dry up.

From The Daily Beast

Another crucial long-term plan is to get the rhino breeding again.

From The Daily Beast

Some animals, like the rhino and the eland, have tick birds that sit upon their backs and eat the ticks.

From Project Gutenberg

It is also supposed to require an additional amount to face an angry rhino or to attempt to get African buffalo.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of dropping, the rhino threw up its tail and ears, gave a little squeal and started for Burt.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came a crashing and swishing of the bush and out stalked a big rhino, sniffing the wind and advancing slowly toward them.

From Project Gutenberg

His bullet struck the rhino in the head and glanced off, serving only to increase the rage of the brute.

From Project Gutenberg