black rhinoceros

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   African rhino; in danger of extinction

   SynonymsDiceros bicornis

   Broaderrhinoceros

   Part ofDiceros

Questions about black rhinoceros

What does black rhinoceros mean?

black rhinoceros means "African rhino; in danger of extinction".

What is another word for black rhinoceros?

Close synonyms include Diceros bicornis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black rhinoceros a common word?

black rhinoceros is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.