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.
Rhinocerote
(Rhi*noc"e*rote) n. A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Rhinocerotic
(Rhi*noc`e*rot"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]
Rhinolite
(Rhi"no*lite Rhi"no*lith) n. [Rhino- + -lite, -lith.] (Med.) A concretion formed within the cavities
of the nose.
Rhinological
(Rhi`no*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to rhinology.
Rhinologist
(Rhi*nol"o*gist) n. One skilled in rhinology.
Rhinology
(Rhi*nol"o*gy) n. [Rhino- + -logy.] The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
Rhinolophid
(Rhi*nol"o*phid) n. [Rhino- + Gr. crest.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or
family Rhinolophidæ, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
Rhinolophine
(Rhi*nol"o*phine) a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.
Rhinophore
(Rhi"no*phore) n. [Rhino- + Gr. to bear.] (Zoöl.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the
back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often
transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles.
See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.
