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HIPPOPOTAMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hippopotami   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hippopotamus" 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 ("hippopotamus" is a member of...):

genus Hippopotamus (type genus of the Hippopotamidae)

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