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Hippopotamus

//ˌhɪp.əˈpɑ.tə.məs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
  2. 2
    massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa wordnet
  3. 3
    The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

    "These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen."

Etymology

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). Displaced nicker, from Old English nicor.

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