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- [hip-uh-pot-uh-muh s]
- /ˌhɪp əˈpɒt ə məs/
- /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hip-uh-pot-uh-muh s]
- /ˌhɪp əˈpɒt ə məs/
Definitions of hippopotamus word
- noun plural hippopotamus 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. 1
- noun hippopotamus A large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks. 1
- noun hippopotamus river-dwelling mammal 1
- countable noun hippopotamus A hippopotamus is a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers. 0
- noun hippopotamus 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 0
- noun hippopotamus 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 0
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Origin of hippopotamus
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin < Greek hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios literally, riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus); compare Middle English ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanus < Old French ypotame < Medieval Latin ypotamus
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Parts of speech for Hippopotamus
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hippopotamus popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hippopotamus
noun hippopotamus
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
general hippopotamus
- hippo — hippopotamus.
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