Lexic.us

Definition of Rhinoceros unicornis

1. Noun. Having one horn.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinoceros Unicornis

Literary usage of Rhinoceros unicornis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"The one-horned rhinoceros, rhinoceros unicornis, is confined to India. Other rhinoceroses are found in India and in equatorial Africa, but it is hardly to ..."

2. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"Mr. AH Garrod, in drawing attention to the death on December 14th of the female rhinoceros unicornis, which had lived in the Society-s Gardens for more than ..."

3. Burma Past and Present by Albert Fytche (1878)
"Flower. t "rhinoceros unicornis is generally supposed to be the Hebrew 'Reem,' or Unicorn of Scripture (Numbers xxiii. 72 ; Deut. xxxiii. 17 ; Job xxxix. ..."

4. Burma past and present, with personal reminiscences of the country by Albert Fytche (1878)
"Flower. t "rhinoceros unicornis is generally supposed to be the Hebrew 'Reem,' or Unicorn of Scripture (Numbers xxiii. 72 ; Deut. xxxiii. 17 ; Job xxxix. ..."

5. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1869)
"The first is the rhinoceros bicornis, of the Cape, which has molars, but no incisors ; the second is the rhinoceros unicornis, of the Indies, ..."

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