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hippopotamus

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/Part of speech nounSorted ahimoopppstuStarts with HEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). First attested in the 1560s.

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  • These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.

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