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

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 Reid, Mayne

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

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

No keitloa followed in pursuit; and soon another agreeable fact came under his notice—he perceived that his horse had also gone back the same way.

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

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

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

Now, as the one that had attacked Hendrik was a black rhinoceros, and was not the borelé—for this was the kind they had encountered while hunting the gnoo—it must be the keitloa.

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