keitloa

[ kahyt-loh-uh, keyt- ]

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

Origin of keitloa

1
1830–40; said to be <Setswana

Words Nearby keitloa

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How to use keitloa in a sentence

  • Until the keitloa should leave the spot, there was not the slightest hope of his escaping.

    The Young Yagers | Mayne Reid
  • Had it been borelé or keitloa there would have been nothing strange in it.

    The Young Yagers | Mayne Reid
  • Their food was principally grass, while the borelé and keitloa browse upon the tender shoots and leaves of bushes.

    The Young Yagers | Mayne Reid
  • The white ones were called respectively “kobaoba” and “muchocho,” the black ones “borelé” and “keitloa.”

    The Young Yagers | Mayne Reid
  • At this moment, as if echoing his thoughts, the keitloa began to exhibit before him one of its peculiar habits.

    The Young Yagers | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for keitloa

keitloa

/ (ˈkaɪtləʊə, ˈkeɪt-) /


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

Origin of keitloa

1
C19: from Tswana khetlwa

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