The corpus record

ῥῑνόκερως

rinokeros · ὁ

the Rhinoceros

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What it meant — LSJ

the Rhinoceros, Nose-horn

the Rhinoceros or Nose-horn, Callix. 2, Str. 16.4.15, Ael. NA 17.44, IG 14.1302 (Praeneste); ῥ. λίθος, of its horn, Cyran. 36.

2 wild bull

wild bull, Aq. Jb. 39.9, Ps. 28(29).9.

3 hornbill

= ποιὸς ὄρνις ἐν Αἰθιοπίᾳ, Hsch. (perh. hornbill).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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