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

He had not moved from the spot where he ascended, as that was the broadest part, and where he was most out of reach of the elastic snout and long horns of the keitloa.

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

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 Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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

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

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

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