Hippopotami

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Latin plural of hippopotamus.
  • Word Usage
    "Although I do also tend to say "hippopotami": I hold that the pluralising rule -us - -i for words marked +classical is perfectly good English morphology, and I quite like the sound of other persons' teeth grinding."
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