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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 Diceros
Familiarity information: DICEROS SIMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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