Aurora, Colorado - History. 1  Aurora originated in the 1880s as the town of Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity.
For other uses, see Rino. Republican In Name Only is a pejorative term used by conservative members of the Republican Party of the United States to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative. The acronym RINO emerged in the 1990s. 1 Origins.
Full Definition of RHINOCEROS. : any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair. See rhinoceros defined for English-language learners.See rhinoceros defined for kids.ord History of RHINOCEROS. The ancient Greeks were familiar with the African species of rhinoceros and called the animal in Greek monokerÅs, â one-horned, â and more commonly rhinokerÅs, â nose-horned.