rhino
Africa's armored grazer
Rhino is informal for rhinoceros, the large thick-skinned mammal with one or two horns on its snout.
The shortened form dominates casual speech: We saw rhinos at the safari park.
Plural: rhinos.
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- thick-skinnedResistant to criticism
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
gray · wrinkled · heavy · plodding · grazing · solitary · territorial · wallowing
Having great strength
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- robustStrong and durable
- sturdySolidly built, durable
- tankLarge storage vessel
armor · hide · charge · ramming · formidable · imposing · bulk · brute force
Unlawful wildlife capture
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- anti-poachingCombating illegal animal killing
rangers · CITES · WWF · protected · reserve · breeding · ecotourism · deforestation
Structural hair protein
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- traditional medicineInherited therapeutic practices
- black marketIllicit trading system
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
illegal trade · dehorning · trophy · status symbol · powder · debunked · seizure · smuggling
Treeless herb-covered ecosystem
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
- SerengetiTanzanian ecosystem of grasslands
- veldtAfrican open grassland
watering hole · wildebeest · zebra · giraffe · elephant · buffalo · lion · leopard
Trunk-snouted tropical ungulate
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- zebraStriped African horse relative
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
Of that southern continent
- AsianOf the largest continent
- subspeciesTaxonomic rank beneath species
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- critically endangeredAt extinction's edge
pachyderm
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- thick-skinnedResistant to criticism
massive · gray · wrinkled · heavy · plodding · grazing · solitary · territorial · wallowing · mudbath
powerful
Having great strength
tank · armor · hide · charge · ramming · formidable · imposing · bulk · brute force · unstoppable
poaching
Unlawful wildlife capture
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
anti-poaching · rangers · CITES · WWF · protected · reserve · breeding · ecotourism · deforestation · endangered
keratin
Structural hair protein
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- traditional medicineInherited therapeutic practices
- black marketIllicit trading system
trafficking · illegal trade · dehorning · trophy · status symbol · powder · debunked · seizure · smuggling
grassland
Treeless herb-covered ecosystem
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
- SerengetiTanzanian ecosystem of grasslands
veldt · watering hole · wildebeest · zebra · giraffe · elephant · buffalo · lion · leopard · cheetah
tapir
Trunk-snouted tropical ungulate
African
Of that southern continent
- AsianOf the largest continent
- subspeciesTaxonomic rank beneath species
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- mammalsbears, bats, sheep, cats, anteater
- South AfricaCape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Durban
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- African savannaacacia, acacia tree, baobab, baobab tree, cheetah
- Beastsbeast, monster, predator, bull, elephant
- black rhinosEndangered African hooked-lip pachyderms
- white rhinosLarge horned African mammals
- rhino hornLarge mammal's nasal protrusion
- white rhinocerosMassive African two-horned browser
- rhinoceros hornLarge mammal's nasal projection
- rhinoceros hideSkin of horned pachyderm