Hippopotamus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse.
  • n. The pygmy hippopotamus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of tropical Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (Hippopotamus Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An omnivorous ungulate pachydermatous mammal of the genus Hippopotamus or family Hippopotamidæ.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of Hippopotamidæ, characterized by the presence of only four lower incisors. H. amphibius is the only living species.
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  • n. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    artiodactyl mammal    artiodactyl    even-toed ungulate   
    Cross Reference
    tailless hippopotamus   
    Variant
    hippopotami    zeekoe    river horse   
    Form
    pygmy hippopotamus   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hippo    river horse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rhinoceros    walrus    tapir    camelopard    hippo   
     
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