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Meaning of "white rhino" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE RHINO

white rhino  [waɪt ˈraɪnəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE RHINO

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White rhino is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHITE RHINO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

white rhino

White rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is the largest and most numerous species of rhinoceros that exists. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 17,460 wild-living animals at the end of 2007, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining, with seven confirmed individuals left, with only four still able to reproduce.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITE RHINO


amino
əˈmaɪnəʊ
dino
ˈdaɪnəʊ
lino
ˈlaɪnəʊ
minnow
ˈmɪnəʊ
moineau
ˈmɔɪnəʊ
polyomino
ˌpɒlɪˈɒmɪnəʊ
relleno
rəˈljeɪnəʊ
rhino
ˈraɪnəʊ
Stalino
ˈstɑːlɪnəʊ
stratovolcano
ˌstrætəʊvɒlˈkeɪnəʊ
Taino
ˈtaɪnəʊ
topminnow
ˈtɒpˌmɪnəʊ
Trasimeno
ˌtrɑːzɪˈmeɪnəʊ
tromino
ˈtrɒmɪnəʊ
volcano
vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ
winnow
ˈwɪnəʊ
wino
ˈwaɪnəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE RHINO

white pine
white plague
white poplar
white potato
white propaganda
white pudding
white rabbit
white rainbow
white raisin
white rat
white rhinoceros
white rose
White Russia
White Russian
white sale
white sandalwood
white sapphire
white sauce
White Sea
white settler

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE RHINO

Aquino
baldachino
bambino
Barcino
cappuccino
casino
chino
Domenichino
domino
Filipino
fino
kino
Latino
maraschino
San Marino
stracchino
Torino
Valentino
vino
zecchino

Synonyms and antonyms of white rhino in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «white rhino» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITE RHINO

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Translator English - Chinese

白犀牛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rinoceronte blanco
570 millions of speakers

English

white rhino
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफेद राइनो
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

وحيد القرن الأبيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

белый носорог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rinoceronte branco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা গণ্ডার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhinocéros blanc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Badak putih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiße Nashorn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シロサイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흰색 코뿔소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Badhak putih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tê giác trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை காண்டாமிருகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पांढरा गेंड्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz gergedan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rinoceronte bianco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biały nosorożec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білий носоріг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rinocer alb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λευκό ρινόκερο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wit renosters
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vit noshörning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvite neshorn
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE RHINO»

The term «white rhino» is regularly used and occupies the 95.908 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE RHINO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about white rhino

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE RHINO»

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How to Draw African Animals
White Rhinoceros The white rhino is the second-largest land animal after the elephant. A full-grown white rhinoceros can be 6 feet (1 .8 m) high at the shoulders, more than 1 3 feet (4 m) long, and weigh more than 2.5 tons (2.3 t). The white ...
Justin Lee, 2002
2
The White Rhino Hotel
Records the mad rush to settle East Africa after the First World War in a novel that depicts the paradoxes of colonialism through a group portrait of the guests staying at the White Rhino Hotel.
Bartle Bull, 2000
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Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for ...
Nothing is wasted in this process—except of course, the rhino. The White Rhino Whether the African rhino was white or black (or any color in between), its horns were required for dagger manufacture and the practice of TCM. White rhino horns  ...
Richard Ellis, 2013
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Guidelines for the in Situ Re-introduction and Translocation ...
In the Greater KNP the numbers of white rhino have increased to an astonishing 9,210. South African National Parks have subsequently translocated close to 1,000 rhino from Kruger since the mid-1990s. White rhino capture in southern Africa, ...
Richard Emslie, Rajan Amin, Richard Kock, 2009
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Bushveld Buzz
There are two species of rhino - the white rhino and the black rhino. The skin is thick greyish-brown, so the names white rhino and black rhino are misleading. White rhinos are the wide-mouthed, square-lipped rhinos. They are called white ...
K J Ter-Morshuizen, 2003
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The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare
... between males and females. Female rhinos have long inter—birth intervals — generally 2—4 years — and invest heavily in their offspring. Studies show that white rhino mothers in good condition invest more in male than in female calves.
D. S. Mills, Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde, 2010
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Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos
Rhinoceros. White rhino with calf at Allwetterzoo Miinster. Photo by Rudolf. were released into the wild, but the releases failed as the birds came into contact (in some cases fatally) with electric power lines or areas of human habitation.
Catharine E. Bell, 1999
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Wild Edens: Africa's Premier Game Parks and Their Wildlife
They are the same gray in color but their differing lip structures reflect the black rhino being browsers and the white rhino grazers. The white rhino was nearly destroyed, conti- nentwide; the southern white rhino in recent years has begun to  ...
Joseph James Shomon, 1998
9
Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia
above for white and black rhinos after giving diazepam White Rhino: 50 mg Butorphanol IV (Radcliffe, 2000a, unpubl. data). Crating Nervous White Rhino: Male, 120 mg Butorphanol plus 160 mg Azaperone IM Female, 100 mg Butorphanol ...
Gary West, Darryl Heard, Nigel Caulkett, 2013
10
The Rhino Keepers
J The white rhino saga, by contrast, had its origins in the tsetse fly- and malaria- infested bush of Zululand. In 1890, when the plight of the species was first recognised, a law was passed that required permission to shoot the rhino, which was ...
Clive Walker, Anton Walker, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE RHINO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term white rhino is used in the context of the following news items.
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Only 4 northern white rhinos left on Earth
(CNN) And then there were four. Nabire, a female northern white rhino, died of a ruptured cyst on Monday at a Czech Republic Zoo, leaving only four known ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Rare white rhino treated for mystery illness
The white rhino resides in San Diego Zoo and is heavily looked after by the zoo's staff. Recently she has come down with a mystery illness in the form of an ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
3
As poaching heats up, conservationists advocate sending South …
A sedated white rhino is guided toward a loading truck by Kruger National Park Veterinary Wildlife Services in October. The South African park relocated four ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
With 1 male left worldwide, northern white rhinos under guard 24 …
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya (CNN) At first glance, Sudan looks like any other northern white rhino: stout and agile, with square lips. He grazes under the hot ... «CNN, Apr 15»
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The Last Male Standing: Saving the Northern White Rhino
Northern white rhinos are perilously close to extinction with just five left and none in the wild. Aside from the obvious danger of the subspecies dying out without ... «The News Hub, Apr 15»
6
'Frozen Zoo' aims to resurrect near extinct species
Today, the survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the collection amassed over nearly 40 years that has become ... «CTV News, Feb 15»
7
Can anything stop the rhino poaching crisis?
The southern white rhino is the world's only rhino species not considered ... Poaching is driven by the growing market for rhino horn in ever-more affluent East ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
8
We're Down To 5 Northern White Rhinos: Is It Too Late For Babies?
A 44-year-old northern white rhino named Angalifu died this week at the San Diego Zoo of old age. Now only five animals remain in this subspecies, all in ... «NPR, Dec 14»
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Death of Rare White Rhino Leaves 5 in the World
When an elderly northern white rhinoceros died Sunday at the San Diego Zoo, he left behind just five of his kind on Earth. As for the chances of any more being ... «National Geographic, Dec 14»
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White rhino on verge of extinction: Second-last male dies
The white rhino is one step closer to extinction with the death of Angalifu at the San Diego Zoo Safari. Only five members of the heavily-poached species exist ... «RT, Dec 14»

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