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Meanings of
hippopotamus
in English
Russian
hippopotamus amphibius
Portuguese
hippopotamus amphibius
Spanish
hippopotamus amphibius
Catalan
hippopotamus amphibius
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Species of pachyderm.
river horse
hippopotamus amphibius
Related terms
hippo
taxon
common hippopotamus
large hippo
river hippopotamus
Russian
hippopotamus amphibius
Usage of
hippopotamus
in English
1
There are two cardiac extensions in the
hippopotamus
and in the peccary.
2
In earlier times we were beaten with whips made from
hippopotamus
skins.
3
Some crocodile or
hippopotamus
crawling through the rushes might craunch the babe.
4
They dig pit-holes for the
hippopotamus
and rhinoceros and occasionally take them.
5
It designates a prodigious and enormous beast-therhinoceros, perhaps, or the
hippopotamus
.
6
And he was the jolliest
hippopotamus
that ancient family had ever known.
7
When the process is completed they are poetically likened to a
hippopotamus
.
8
It's as good as the sacred white elephant or the blood-sweating
hippopotamus
.
9
Her gambols were too sadly suggestive of those of a skittish
hippopotamus
.
10
We see that it hurries discreetly, this silhouette of a bearded
hippopotamus
.
11
A
hippopotamus
woman looped in beads makes the microphone scream with feedback.
12
Beneath the hand of the younger idol-maker, the
hippopotamus
grew in hideous perfection.
13
The delight he took in the
hippopotamus
family was most exhilarating.
14
The specific gravity of the elephant differs considerably from that of the
hippopotamus
.
15
Impossible to distinguish between animal and vegetable in some
infusoria-
but
hippopotamus
and violet.
16
The pleasantry was as awkward as the gambols of a
hippopotamus
.
Other examples for "hippopotamus"
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About this term
hippopotamus
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
hippopotamus hide
hippopotamus wagon
shoot a hippopotamus
young hippopotamus
hippopotamus meat
More collocations
Translations for
hippopotamus
Russian
hippopotamus amphibius
бегемот
бегемот обыкновенный
гиппопотам
обыкновенный бегемот
Portuguese
hippopotamus amphibius
hipopótamo
hipopótamo-comum
Spanish
hippopotamus amphibius
hipopótamo común
hipopotamo común
h. amphibius
hipopotamo comun
h amphibius
hipopótamo comun
Catalan
hippopotamus amphibius
hipopòtams
hipopòtam
hipopòtam comú
Hippopotamus
through the time
Hippopotamus
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common