# rhino

Pronunciation: say "RY-noh" US /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/, UK /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/

## Noun

1. A large, thick-skinned plant-eating mammal with one or two horns on its snout, native to parts of Africa and Asia. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A large, heavy animal with thick gray skin and one or two horns on its nose.
   - _The ranger tracked a rhino through the dense brush before sunrise._
   - _Poaching has pushed several rhino species toward extinction._

## Noun

2. Money, particularly ready cash or funds a person has on hand. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Money, especially cash that you have ready to spend.
   - _He gambled away all his rhino before the week was out._
   - _There's no rhino in the house until payday._

## Origin

A shortened form (clipping) of "rhinoceros."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rhino (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).