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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: Greek, from hippos 'horse' + potamos 'river'

hippopotamus

 noun
     
hippopotamus
hip‧po‧pot‧a‧mus plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami [countable]
HBA a large grey African animal with a big head and mouth that lives near water [↪ rhinoceros]
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