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hippo
n.
hippopotamus, large African mammal which lives mainly in and near water
Hippopotamus
The common
hippopotamus (
Hippopotamus amphibius), or
hippo, is a large, mostly
herbivorous mammal in
sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two
extant species in the
family Hippopotamidae, the other being the
pygmy hippopotamus (
Choeropsis liberiensis or
Hexaprotodon liberiensis). The name comes from the
ancient Greek for "river horse" . After the
elephant and
rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant
artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to
pigs and other terrestrial even-toed
ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are
cetaceans (
whales,
porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about . The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around . The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the
genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around .
Hippo
Noun
1. an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
(synonym) Hippo Regius
(hypernym) town
(part-holonym) Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
hippo
Noun
1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
(synonym) hippopotamus, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius
(hypernym) even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
(member-holonym) genus Hippopotamus
Hippo
N M
Hippo (town in north Africa)
hippo
Synonyms and related words:
Jumbo, blimp, dinosaur, elephant, fatty, hathi, heavy, heavyweight, hippopotamus, jumbo, leviathan, lump, mammoth, mastodon, monster, pachyderm, potbelly, rhino, rhinoceros, river horse, roly-poly, swagbelly, tub, tub of lard, tun, whale, woolly mammoth
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
