Hippo (redirected from hippos)

Hip·po  (hp) also Hippo Re·gi·us (rj-s)

An ancient city of northwest Africa in present-day northeast Algeria south of Annaba. Saint Augustine was its bishop from a.d. 396 to 430.

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hip·po  (hp)

n. pl. hip·pos

A hippopotamus.

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hippo [ˈhɪpəʊ]

n pl -pos Informal

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for hippopotamus

2. South African an armoured police car

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Hippo - an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria Hippo Regius Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
	2.	hippo - massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot genus Hippopotamus - type genus of the Hippopotamidae

Translations

hippo [ˈhɪpəʊ] N → hipopótamo/a m/f

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hippo [ˈhɪpəʊ] n → hippopotame m
hip pocket n → poche-revolver f
Hippocratic oath [ˌhɪpəkrætɪkˈəʊθ] n → serment m d'Hippocrate
to take the Hippocratic oath → prêter le serment d'Hippocrate

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hippo

n (inf) → Nilpferd nt

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Hippo → فرس النهر hroch flodhest Nilpferd ιπποπόταμος hipopótamo virtahepo hippopotame nilski konj ippopotamo カバ 하마 nijlpaard flodhest hipopotam hipopótamo бегемот flodhäst ฮิปโป hipopotam con hà mã 河马