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    HIPPO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("hippo" is a kind of...):

    artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

    Holonyms ("hippo" is a member of...):

    genus Hippopotamus (type genus of the Hippopotamidae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeriaplay

    Synonyms:

    Hippo; Hippo Regius

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

    Holonyms ("Hippo" is a part of...):

    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)

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