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rhis
Greek · ancient
"nose"
nose, combined with keras (horn) to name the horned-nosed animal
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rhinokeros
Greek · ancient
"nose-horn"
nose-horn, describing the animal's distinctive horn
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rhinoceros
Latin · ancient
"the large horned animal"
carried into Latin for the large horned animal
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rhinoceros
English · 1300s
"a large thick-skinned horned mammal"
settled as the English word for the thick-skinned horned mammal
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