RHINO
What does "RHINO" mean?
A large thick-skinned plant-eating mammal of Africa and Asia with one or two horns on its snout.
Meanings
- Short for rhinoceros; a massive horned herbivore of African and Asian grasslands and forests. A rhino lumbered down to the waterhole at dusk. informal
Did you know?
- A rhino's horn isn't bone but keratin, the same protein as your hair and fingernails - it has no bony core at all.
- Greek 'rhino-' means 'nose', which is why rhinoceros (nose-horn), rhinoplasty (nose surgery), and rhinitis (nose inflammation) all share the rhino's first syllable.
Word origin
Shortened from 'rhinoceros', from Greek 'rhinokeros': 'rhis/rhinos' (nose) plus 'keras' (horn) - literally 'nose-horn'.
Remember it
RHINO starts with the silent-H Greek 'rhino-' meaning nose - the horn sits right on its nose.
A little poem
Armor with no war,
a nose that grew a weapon-
grass is all it wants.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the rhino so confident? It always nose its own strength.
What it teaches
The fiercest-looking armor often guards the gentlest appetite.
Quick facts
What does RHINO mean?
A large thick-skinned plant-eating mammal of Africa and Asia with one or two horns on its snout.
Is RHINO a valid word?
Yes — RHINO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RHINO?
RHINO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RHINO come from?
Shortened from 'rhinoceros', from Greek 'rhinokeros': 'rhis/rhinos' (nose) plus 'keras' (horn) - literally 'nose-horn'.
What can RHINO teach us?
The fiercest-looking armor often guards the gentlest appetite.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.