Rhi"nal (?), a. [Gr&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, the nose.] (Anat.) Og or
pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.
||Rhi*nas"ter (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, nose +
||&?;&?;&?; star.] (Zoöl.) The borele.
Rhine (?), n. [AS. ryne. See Run.] A water course; a ditch. [Written
also rean.] [Prov. Eng.] Macaulay.
Rhi`nen*ce*phal"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
rhinencephalon.
||Rhi`nen*ceph"a*lon (?), n.; pl. Rhinencephala (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
||&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?; the brain.] (Anat.) The
||division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of
||the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural
being used for the two taken together.
Rhine"stone` (?), n. [Cf. G. rheinkiesel Rhine quartz.] A colorless
stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive
ornament.
||Rhi*ni"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;, the nose +
||-itis.] (Med.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the
||mucous membrane of the nostrils.
Rhi*no (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Gold and silver, or money. [Cant]
W. Wagstaffe.
As long as the rhino lasted.
Marryat.
Rhi"no-. A combining form from Greek &?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, the nose, as in
rhinolith, rhinology.
{ Rhi`no*ce"ri*al (?), Rhi`no*cer"ic*al (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or
pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Tatler.
Rhi*noc"e*ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?;.
&?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?;&?; a horn: cf. F. rhinocéros. See Horn.]
(Zoöl.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and
several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidæ, of which several
living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and
powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns
on the snout.
The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus
and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and
the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African
species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal
folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian,
two- horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine
teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa.
Rhinoceros auk (Zoöl.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina
monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. -- Rhinoceros
beetle (Zoöl.), a very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a
horn on the head. -- Rhinoceros bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A large hornbill
(Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow
hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See
Hornbill. (b) An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on
the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.
Rhi*noc"e*rote (?), n. A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson.