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1. (n.) hippopotamus
a large African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, with a hairless, thick body and short legs, living in and alongside rivers.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L < Gk hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios lit., riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus))
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1. (noun) hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
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1. (noun) hippopotamus
a large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of 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 (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa
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Sense: a large African animal with very thick skin living in or near rivers.
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 Afrikaans: seekoei |
 Arabic: فَرَس البَحْر |
 Bulgarian: хипопотам |
 Brazilian: hipopótamo |
 Czech: hroch |
 German: das Nilpferd |
 Danish: flodhest |
 Greek: ιπποπόταμος |
 Spanish: hipopótamo |
 Estonian: jõehobu |
 Farsi: اسب آبی |
 Finnish: virtahepo |
 French: hippopotame |
 Hebrew: הִיפּוֹפוֹטָם |
 Hindi: दरियाई घोड़ा |
 Croatian: vodeni konj |
 Hungarian: víziló |
 Indonesian: kuda nil |
 Icelandic: flóðhestur |
 Italian: ippopotamo |
 Japanese: かば |
 Korean: 하마 |
 Lithuanian: hipopotamas |
 Latvian: nīlzirgs |
 Malay: badak air |
 Dutch: nijlpaard |
 Norwegian: flodhest |
 Polish: hipopotam |
 Persian: اسب آبی |
 Pashto: داوبو اس |
 Portuguese: hipopótamo |
 Romanian: hipopotam |
 Russian: гиппопотам |
 Slovak: hroch |
 Slovenian: povodni konj |
 Serbian: nilski konj |
 Swedish: flodhäst |
 Thai: ฮิปโปโปเตมัส |
 Turkish: su aygırı |
 Taiwanese: 河馬 |
 Ukrainian: гіпопотам, бегемот |
 Urdu: دریائی گھوڑا |
 Vietnamese: hà mã |
 Chinese: 河马 |
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