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Definition of Hippopotamuses

Hippopotamuses
Hippopotamus Hip`po*pot"a*mus, n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses, L. Hippopotami. [L., from Gr.?; "i`ppos horse + ? river. Cf. Equine.] (Zo["o]l.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

Meaning of Hippopotamuses from wikipedia

- The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) (/ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/; pl.: hippopotamuses; often shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common...
- pygmy hippopotamus reflects that of the hippopotamus; the plural form is pygmy hippopotamuses or pygmy hippopotami. A male pygmy hippopotamus is known...
- Hippopotamuses are an introduced species in Colombia. Four hippopotamuses were first kept by Pablo Escobar in his private zoo in the late 1970s, and upon...
- larger than living hippopotamuses †Hippopotamus behemoth (West Asia, Early Pleistocene) †Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Cretan dwarf hippopotamus (Early Pleistocene)...
- The Hippopotamus (1994) is a comic novel by Stephen Fry. Written in part as an epistolary novel, it is largely narrated by the main character Edward "Ted"...
- Look up hippopotamus or Hippopotamus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hippopotamus is a large, mostly herbivorous African mammal. Hippopotamus may also...
- ancestor, and that hippopotamuses developed from anthracotheres. A study published in 2015 confirmed this, but also revealed that hippopotamuses were derived...
- whales and hippopotamuses. Later studies obtained findings that indicated almost 11,000 orthologous genes between cetaceans and hippopotamuses, in addition...
- one of three hippopotamus species, the Malagasy hippopotamuses, which were native to Madagascar and are all extinct. Malagasy hippopotamuses were first...
- species: the common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus. The Allenton Hippo The Armley Hippo Fiona, the first common hippopotamus to be imaged on ultrasound...