keitloa

American  

[kahyt-loh-uh, kayt-] / 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  

/ ˈkaɪtləʊə, ˈkeɪt- /

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

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Example Sentences

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keitloa

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 Mayne Reid

Had it been borelé or keitloa there would have been nothing strange in it.

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

When another hour had passed, and still the keitloa kept watching him from below, he became more than uneasy—he became alarmed.

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

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

From In the Heart of Africa by Sir Samuel White Baker

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 Mayne Reid

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