hippopotamus

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See also: Hippopotamus

English

A hippopotamus
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Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, horse) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, river).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hip‧po‧po‧ta‧mus

Noun

hippopotamus (plural hippopotamuses or hippopotami or hippopotamus)

  1. A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, horse) + ποταμός (potamós, river).

Pronunciation

Noun

hippopotamus m (genitive hippopotamī); second declension

  1. a hippopotamus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hippopotamus hippopotamī
Genitive hippopotamī hippopotamōrum
Dative hippopotamō hippopotamīs
Accusative hippopotamum hippopotamōs
Ablative hippopotamō hippopotamīs
Vocative hippopotame hippopotamī

Descendants

  • English: hippopotamus

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