transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhi-pə-ˈpä-tə-məs ]
noun
( plural -mus·es or hip·po·pot·a·mi -ˌmī, -(ˌ)mē)
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