Merck's rhino

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after Carl Heinrich Merck; see Merck's rhinoceros for more.

Noun[edit]

Merck's rhino (plural Merck's rhinos)

  1. Merck's rhinoceros.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 198:
      The range of Europe's rhinos extended far to the east: Merck's rhino as far as Afghanistan, and the narrow-nosed rhino as far as eastern China.