keitloa

American  

[kahyt-loh-uh, keyt-] / ˈkaɪt loʊ ə, ˈkeɪt- /

noun

1. a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.

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keitloa British  

/ ˈkeɪt-, ˈkaɪtləʊə /

noun

1. a southern African variety of the black two-horned rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis

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Etymology

Origin of keitloa

1830–40; said to be < Setswana

Example Sentences

The keitloa followed, keeping with him step for step; and apparently roused to fresh vigilance, as if it feared that its victim was about to attempt an escape.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

Hendrik had heard this about the keitloa, and no longer wondered at its having attacked him in the savage and unprovoked manner it had done.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

The moment the keitloa felt the fierce rider on its back, it made a desperate rush outward from the rocks, and shaking its huge body like an earthquake, it cast the lion to the plain.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

There is only one species of this animal in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.

From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

His merriment, however, was not of long duration, for he now began to perceive that the fury of the keitloa was as long-lived as it was terrible.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne