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