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

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keitloa

There is only one species of this animal in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.

From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

His merriment, however, was not of long duration, for he now began to perceive that the fury of the keitloa was as long-lived as it was terrible.

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

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

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

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