Meaning of rhinocerine | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of rhinoceroses.

Examples

“Regarding us warily, the creature turned its rhinocerine head in our direction.”

“The above appear⟳ to have⟳ been the only Rhinocerine remains discovered at Oreston...”

“The old Irish pig had long legs, large, erect ears, an attenuated snout and a light⟳ body; he was a roaming, restless brute, with porcupine bristles on his back, a hide⟳ of rhinocerine thickness and an aspect grim as a wolf.”

“Luckily the saddlebum, following the dictates of his wit if not his predilection, snatched a fan out of his gun belt, leaned forward⟳ simpering, and tapped the enraged woman on her rhinocerine upper arm.”

“...to modern eyes, it is startling to see⟳ both Megalosaurus and Iguanodon depicted as extremely massive quadrupeds and the latter genus with a sharp, nasal horn. These errors were not unreasonable; rhinocerine lizards were well known to Owen (and indeed, several genera of rhinocerine dinosaurs were discovered subsequently), whereas there were no living parallels to what was, in truth, Iguanodon's spike-like thumb.”

“Robert Bakker first challenged the conventional view⟳ that ceratopsians' front limbs sprawled, with his own⟳ idea that their front limbs had an elephantine or rhinocerine posture.”

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