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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hip•po•pot•a•mus /ˌhɪpəˈpɑtəməs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -mus•es, -mi /-ˌmaɪ/.USA pronunciation - Mammalsa large African mammal with a hairless, thick body, short legs, and even-toed hoofs, living in and alongside rivers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hip•po•pot•a•mus (hip′ə pot′ə məs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mus•es, -mi (-mī′).USA pronunciation - Mammalsa large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- Medieval Latin ypotamus
- Old French ypotame
- Greek hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios literally, riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus); compare Middle English ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanus
- Latin
- 1555–65;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/ n ( pl -muses, -mi / -ˌmaɪ/)- a very large massive gregarious artiodactyl mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, living in or around the rivers of tropical Africa: family Hippopotamidae. It has short legs and a thick skin sparsely covered with hair
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos horse + potamos river |