hippopotamus
A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
Other meanings
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἱπποπόταμος".
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This definition is adapted from “hippopotamus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.