BLACK RHINOCEROS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black rhinoceros mean? 

• BLACK RHINOCEROS (noun)
  The noun BLACK RHINOCEROS has 1 sense:

1. African rhino; in danger of extinction

  Familiarity information: BLACK RHINOCEROS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK RHINOCEROS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African rhino; in danger of extinction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black rhinoceros; Diceros bicornis

Hypernyms ("black rhinoceros" is a kind of...):

rhino; rhinoceros (massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout)

Holonyms ("black rhinoceros" is a member of...):

Diceros; genus Diceros (most common species in Africa)