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Noun(1) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa(2) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa [also: hippopotami (pl)]

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(1) Elephants, ostriches, leopards and lions were imported in the first century B.C., followed by hippopotamus , rhinoceros, camels and giraffes.(2) Arriving in step with East African flora were the creatures of the East African savannas: gazelle, giant deer, hippopotamus , rhinoceros, wart hog.(3) The hippopotamus , for example, has declined by 95 percent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1994, when 30,000 roamed wild.(4) The presence of the manatee and the hippopotamus in the lower levels of the stratigraphic profile at the Ogoloma site is also significant.(5) The name hippopotamus comes from Greek and means u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510river horse.u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(6) And those animals were caught, and as the elephant was drowning, the decision was made to destroy the elephant and also the hippopotamus .(7) This year we have scheduled a tiger, three lynxes, a cheetah, two pumas, a hippopotamus , and 500 rabid rats.(8) Both could probably fly as well as a helium-filled hippopotamus .(9) The hippopotamus is perfectly at home in the water, mating and giving birth there.(10) Dwarf elephant, hippopotamus and deer disappeared from Mediterranean Islands around the time of human colonization.(11) Others - notably of sleek horses, cute lambs, elephants and a hippopotamus - could be auditioning for kitschy animal calendars.(12) Artiodactyls range from the rabbit-sized u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510mouse deeru251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb of southeast Asia to the three-ton giant hippopotamus and ten-foot giraffes.(13) Africans never succeeded in domesticating their animals, like the rhino and the hippopotamus !(14) The giant hippopotamus is the only aquatic artiodactyl, spending most of its time in water.(15) Mozambique a great diversity of animal life, including zebras, water buffalo, elephants, giraffes, lions, hippopotami , and crocodiles.(16) Initial genetic studies have provided evidence that the marine mammals are most closely related to hippopotamuses .
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(1) hippopotamus
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Noun
1. river horse
2. hippo


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