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β 15y agoThe word "rhinoceros" first crossed the verbal playing field circa the year 1300. Its root is the Greek rhinokeros, a word which has, fairly obviously, an also Greek root. That root is rhinos, which means "nose." In approximately the 1880s, the shortened version of "rhinoceros," "rhino" began to become known. It is unkind to call people with either interesting noses or eating disorders any of these things, I note, glancing at the categories wherein this question appeared.
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β 15y agoThe word rhinoceros is of Greek origin; rhino meaning nose, and ceros meaning horn
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What body part does the medical root word rhino refer to?
The medical root word 'rhino' refers to the nose.
How do you say Rhino in German?
The German word for rhino is Nashorn.
What is name of rhino in Hindi?
The word for rhino in Hindi is "ΰ€ΰ₯ΰ€ΰ€¦ΰ€Ύ" (geNdΔ).
Where did the Javan Rhino originate?
The Javan rhino originated in the Eocene period around 50 million years ago. Today, there are only around 60 Javan rhinos in existence.
Is rhino a noun?
Yes, the word 'rhino' is a noun, a shortened form of the noun 'rhinoceros', a word for a type of animal; a word for a thing.
What is the Portuguese word for rhino?
Rinoceronte.
Is there such thing as a rhino?
Yes. "Rhino" is the short-form word for "rhinoceros," which lives in tropical climates.
Where does the word thank you originate?
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What is the Swahili word for rhino?
Kifaru or Kifaro
Does the word bolshy originate from the bolsheviks?
Yes, the word "bolshy" does originate from the "bolsheviks".
What is the opposite gender of rhino?
The noun rhino (or rhinoceros) is a common gender noun, a word for either a male or a female.The gender noun for a male rhino is a bull; the gender noun for a female rhino is a cow.
Where did the rhinoceros beetle originate from?
There are five species of Rhinoceros, two which live in Africa, (the Black and White rhino) and the other three live in Asia. The Javan rhino lives in Vietnam and Java, the Indian rhino lives in Nepal and North East India, and the Sumatran rhino lives in Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaya and Myanmar.
