ALL meanings of hippopotamus
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H h - noun hippopotamus A large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks. 1
- noun hippopotamus river-dwelling mammal 1
- 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
- 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
- noun hippopotamus A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius). 0