rhinoceroses
- plural of rhinoceros.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Aryn P. Wilder — a conservation scientist at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance — decided to study genetic samples from 12 northern white rhinoceroses that had cytogenetically frozen at the San Diego Zoo.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024
Yes, Neandertal women were spearing woolly rhinoceroses, and Neandertal men were making clothing.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023
Fully 95% of species, including giraffes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, kudu, warthog, impala, elephants, and rhinoceroses, ran more often or abandoned waterholes faster in response to humans than in response to lions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
Titanotheres belong in the order Perissodactyla, along with rhinoceroses, tapirs and horses.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
As lions became deadlier, so gazelles evolved to run faster, hyenas to cooperate better, and rhinoceroses to be more bad-tempered.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
