| 单词 | hippopotamus |
| 释义 | hippopotamus —hippopotamic /hip'euh peuh tam"ik/, hippopotamian /hip'euh peuh tay"mee euhn/, adj. /hip'euh pot"euh meuhs/, n. , pl. hippopotamuses, hippopotami /-muy'/. a 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. [1555-65; < L < Gk hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios lit., riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus); cf. ME ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanus < OF ypotame < ML ypotamus] |
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