hippopotamus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/

▶noun (pl. hippopotamuses or hippopotami /-mʌɪ/) a large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws. [Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis (pygmy hippopotamus).]

– origin ME: via L. from Gk hippopotamos, earlier hippos ho potamios, ‘river horse’.

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hippo - pachyderm

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