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DICEROS SIMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Diceros simus mean? 

DICEROS SIMUS (noun)
  The noun DICEROS SIMUS has 1 sense:

1. large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Dicerosplay

  Familiarity information: DICEROS SIMUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DICEROS SIMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ceratotherium simum; Diceros simus; white rhinoceros

Hypernyms ("Diceros simus" 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)


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