hippopotamus

hip·po·pot·a·mus  (hp-pt-ms)

n. pl. hip·po·pot·a·mus·es or hip·po·pot·a·mi (-m)

1. A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse.

2. The pygmy hippopotamus.

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[Latin, from Greek hippopotamos : hippos, horse; see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + potamos, river; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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hippopotamus [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs]

n pl -muses, -mi [-ˌmaɪ]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a very large massive gregarious artiodactyl mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, living in or around the rivers of tropical Africa: family Hippopotamidae. It has short legs and a thick skin sparsely covered with hair

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

pigmy hippopotamus a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis

[from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos horse + potamos river]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hippopotamus - massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse, hippo 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

hippopotamus [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs] N (hippopotamuses or hippopotami (pl)) [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmaɪ] N → hipopótamo/a m/f

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hippopotamus [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs] [hippopotamuses] (pl) [hippopotami] [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmaɪ] (pl) n → hippopotame m

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hippopotamus

n pl <-es or hippopotami> → Nilpferd nt, → Flusspferd nt

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hippopotamus [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs] n (hippopotamuses or hippopotami (pl)) [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmaɪ] → ippopotamo

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hippopotamus [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs] n (hippopotamuses or hippopotami (pl)) [ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmaɪ] → ippopotamo

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hippopotamus

n hippopotamus [hipəˈpotəməs]

a large African animal with very thick skin living in or near rivers. seekoei فَرَس البَحْر хипопотам hroch flodhest das Nilpferd ιπποπόταμος hipopótamo jõehobu اسب آبی virtahepo hippopotame הִיפּוֹפוֹטָם दरियाई घोड़ा vodeni konj víziló kuda nil flóðhestur ippopotamo かば 하마 hipopotamas nīlzirgs badak air nijlpaard flodhest hipopotam hipopótamo hipopotam гиппопотам hroch povodni konj nilski konj flodhäst ฮิปโปโปเตมัส su aygırı 河馬 гіпопотам, бегемот دریائی گھوڑا hà mã 河马

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