Meaning Of The Word Hippopotamus

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hippopotamus
countable noun: A hippopotamus is a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers.

hippopotamus in American English
any of a family (Hippopotamyidae) of large, plant-eating, artiodactylous mammals with a heavy, thick-skinned, almost hairless body and short legs: they live chiefly in or near rivers in Africa
noun: a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time

hippopotamus in British English
noun: a very large massive gregarious artiodactyl mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, living in or around the rivers of tropical Africa: family Hippopotamidae. It has short legs and a thick skin sparsely covered with hair

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