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Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat.

A combining form from Greek the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.

Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn. Tatler.

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.

A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]

A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

Of or pertaining to rhinology.

One skilled in rhinology.

The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.

Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidæ, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.

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.…

Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.

Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.

Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.

A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker.

A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.

Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.

The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.