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- noun An African species of
rhinoceros , Ceratotherium simum.
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- noun large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns; endangered; sometimes placed in genus Diceros
Etymologies
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White is said to be by confusion with Dutch wijd ("wide"). See White_Rhinoceros#Naming.
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