HIPPOPOTAMUS


Meaning of HIPPOPOTAMUS in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ hi-p ə - ' pä-t ə -m ə s

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -mus · es or -mi \ - ˌ m ī , -( ˌ )m ē \

Etymology: Latin, from Greek hippopotamos, alteration of hippos potamios, literally, riverine horse

Date: 1563

: a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs also : a smaller closely related mammal ( Choeropsis liberiensis ) of western Africa

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