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Word: Hippopotamus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: via Latin from Greek hippopotamos, earlier hippos ho potamios ‘river horse’ (from hippos ‘horse’, potamos ‘river’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks.
Short Definition:large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal
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