RIVER HORSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does river horse mean? • RIVER HORSE (noun)
The noun RIVER HORSE has 1 sense:
1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Familiarity information: RIVER HORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIVER HORSE (noun)
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 ("river horse" 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 ("river horse" is a member of...):
genus Hippopotamus (type genus of the Hippopotamidae)
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