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hippopotamus
noun
(
pl=hippopotamuses, pl2=hippopotami
)
A large, plant-eating African mammal that spends most of the day living in water. (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Translations:
Dutch: nijlpaard
French: hippopotame
German: Flusspferd , Nilpferd
Italian: ippopotamo
Spanish: hipopótamo
Etymology:
and
Latin, hippopotamus
from
hippopotamos
alternatively
hippos potamios
("riverine horse") from
á
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