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hippopotamus
(hɪpəpɒtəməs)
Word forms: plural hippopotamuses
countable noun
A hippopotamus is a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers.
hippopotamus in British English
(ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs)
nounWord forms: plural -muses or -mi (-ˌmaɪ)
1.
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
2. pigmy hippopotamus
Word origin
C16: from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos horse + potamos riverhippopotamus in American English
(ˌhɪpəˈpɑtəməs)
nounWord forms: plural ˌhippoˈpotamuses, ˌhippoˈpotaˌmi (ˌhɪpəˈpɑtəˌmaɪ), ˌhippoˈpotamus
any of a family (Hippopotamyidae) of large, plant-eating, artiodactylous mammalswith a heavy, thick-skinned, almost hairless body and short legs: they live chiefly in or near rivers in Africa
Word origin
L < Gr hippopotamos, lit., river horse < hippos (see hippo-) + potamos, river, orig., that which goes down < IE base *pet-, to fall, fly > feather, Gr pteryx, wingImage ofhippopotamus
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British English: hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/ NOUN
A hippopotamus is a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers.
- American English: hippopotamus
- Arabic: فَرَسُ النَّهْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: hipopótamo
- Chinese: 河马
- Croatian: nilski konj
- Czech: hroch
- Danish: flodhest
- Dutch: nijlpaard
- European Spanish: hipopótamo
- Finnish: virtahepo
- French: hippopotame
- German: Nilpferd
- Greek: ιπποπόταμος
- Italian: ippopotamo
- Japanese: カバ
- Korean: 하마
- Norwegian: flodhest
- Polish: hipopotam
- European Portuguese: hipopótamo
- Romanian: hipopotam
- Russian: гиппопотам
- Latin American Spanish: hipopótamo
- Swedish: flodhäst
- Thai: ฮิปโปโปเตมัส
- Turkish: hipopotam
- Ukrainian: гіпопотам
- Vietnamese: con hà mã
Chinese translation of 'hippopotamus'
hippopotamus
(hɪpəˈpɔtəməs)
Word forms:pl hippopotamuses hippopotami (hɪpəˈpɔtəmaɪ)
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河马(馬)
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