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

Noun

pl -muses or -mi a very large mammal with thick wrinkled skin and short legs, which lives around the rivers of tropical Africa [Greek hippopotamos river horse]

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 [pl hippopotamuses or hippopotami] [hɪpəˈpɔtəməs, -ˈpɔtəmaɪ] → hipopótamo

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hippopotamus [hɪpəˈpɔtəməs] [hippopotamuses or hippopotami ] [hɪpəˈpɔtəmaɪ] (pl) n → hippopotame m

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hippopotamus [hɪpəˈpɔtəməs] [hippopotamuses or hippopotami , pl ] n → Nilpferd nt

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hippopotamus [pl hippopotamuses or hippopotami] [hɪpəˈpɔtəməs, -ˈpɔtəmaɪ] n → 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