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HIPPOPOTAMUS (hippopotami)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hippopotamus mean?

• HIPPOPOTAMUS (noun)
The noun HIPPOPOTAMUS has 1 sense:

1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

Familiarity information: HIPPOPOTAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HIPPOPOTAMUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse; hippo

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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