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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.
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Origin of keitloa

1830–40; said to be < Setswana
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Historical Examples of keitloa

  • 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 white ones were called respectively “kobaoba” and “muchocho,” the black ones “borelé” and “keitloa.”

  • Their food was principally grass, while the borelé and keitloa browse upon the tender shoots and leaves of bushes.

  • At this moment, as if echoing his thoughts, the keitloa began to exhibit before him one of its peculiar habits.

British Dictionary definitions for keitloa

keitloa

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

C19: from Tswana khetlwa
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