noun (plural -muses or hippopotami)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek hippopotamos, alteration of hippos potamios, literally, riverine horse
Date: 1563
a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs
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