English Explanatory Dictionary

rhinoceros auklet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seabird of species Cerorhinca monocerata.

Word forms

rhinoceros auklet rhinoceros auklets

Etymology

So called from its rhamphotheca, thought to resemble the horn of a rhinoceros.

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