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rhino

noun
SayRY-nohUS/ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/UK/ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/

Pluralrhinos

2 meanings of rhino

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  1. 1
    nouncolloquialcountable
    A large, heavy animal with thick gray skin and one or two horns on its nose.

    Like a living tank with a horn on its nose.

    We watched a rhino roll around in the mud at the zoo.

    Three rhinos grazed near the watering hole at dawn.

    Similarrhinoceros

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  2. 2
    nounarchaicuncountable
    Money, especially cash that you have ready to spend.

    He won a fair bit of rhino at the card table.

    —Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
    1922, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”Here, rhino means money, cash that a person has on hand.
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Origin

A short form of the word "rhinoceros."