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Word entry · 5 letters

hippo

Best crossword clue

"River heavyweight"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɪpəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted hioppStarts with HEnds with O2 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2I3P4P5O

Definitions

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

Used in a sentence

  • There was an old hippo that had the bad habit of getting out on the bank and roaming at night over the station grounds.
  • "I've seen them buryin' a chief up the Aruwimi River, and they ate a hippo that must have weighed as much as a tribe."
  • The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01River heavyweight5 letters
02Large river mammal5 letters

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