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Synonyms for hippopotamus
ˌhɪp əˈpɒt ə məs; -ˌmaɪhip·popota·mus
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Wiktionary
hippopotamusnoun
Synonyms:
river horsehippopotamusnoun
Synonyms:
hippo, river horse
Princeton's WordNet
hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibiusnoun
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Synonyms:
river horse, hippo
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
hippopotamusnoun
Synonyms:
river-horse, seahorse
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How to use hippopotamus in a sentence?
I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.
Is a hippopotamus really a hippopotomus or just a really cool opotamus?
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1850:
I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.
The Death of Santini, for two years, I’ve tried to satisfy my great interior hunger with a diet that would satisfy a full-grown squirrel but did little to conquer the hippopotamus that lives within me.
Translations for hippopotamus
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- seekoeiAfrikaans
- فرس النهر, حصان البحرArabic
- begemotAzerbaijani
- гіпапата́м, бегемо́тBelarusian
- хипопота́мBulgarian
- জলহস্তীBengali
- མཚོ་ཕགTibetan Standard
- hipopòtamCatalan, Valencian
- hrochCzech
- бегемотChuvash
- hipopotamws, afonfarchWelsh
- flodhestDanish
- Nilpferdweibchen, Nilpferdmännchen, Nilpferd, Flusspferd, Flusspferdweibchen, FlusspferdmännchenGerman
- ιπποπόταμοςGreek
- hipopotamoEsperanto
- hipopótamoSpanish
- jõehobuEstonian
- hipopotamoBasque
- اسب آبیPersian
- virtahepoFinnish
- áarrossFaroese
- hippopotameFrench
- dobhareachIrish
- capall-abhainn, each-aibhneScottish Gaelic
- hipopótamoGalician
- cabbylawinManx
- dorinaHausa
- היפופוטםHebrew
- जलीय घोड़ा, दरियाई घोड़ाHindi
- vízilóHungarian
- գետաձիArmenian
- kuda nilIndonesian
- flóðhesturIcelandic
- ippopotamoItalian
- בְּהֵמוֹתHebrew
- カバ, 河馬Japanese
- ჰიპოპოტამიGeorgian
- бегемот, сусиырKazakh
- imermiutarsuaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ដំរីទឹកKhmer
- 하마Korean
- dowrvarghCornish
- бегемотKyrgyz
- hippopotamus, belua hippopotamus editurLatin
- ຊ້າງນ້ຳLao
- begemotas, hipopotamasLithuanian
- nīlzirgs, behemots, begemots, hipopotamsLatvian
- ни́лски коњMacedonian
- армаанаMongolian
- पाणघोडMarathi
- badak airMalay
- ရေမြင်းBurmese
- flodhestNorwegian
- nijlpaardDutch
- flodhestNorwegian Nynorsk
- tééhoołtsódiiNavajo, Navaho
- ipopotamOccitan
- бегемотOssetian, Ossetic
- hipopotamPolish
- hipopótamoPortuguese
- hipopotamRomanian
- гиппопота́м, бегемо́тRussian
- nilski konj, povodni konj, нилски коњ, поводни коњSerbo-Croatian
- hrochSlovak
- nilski konj, povodni konjSlovene
- jeerSomali
- hippopotamus, hipopotam, kali i NilitAlbanian
- kubuSouthern Sotho
- flodhästSwedish
- kibokoSwahili
- நீரானைTamil
- аспи обӣ, баҳмутTajik
- ฮิปโปโปเตมัสThai
- gippopotamTurkmen
- su aygırıTurkish
- су үгезе, гиппопотам, су сыерыTatar
- гіпопота́м, бегемо́тUkrainian
- دریائی گھوڑاUrdu
- hippopotamuses, begemotUzbek
- 河馬, hà mã, lợn nướcVietnamese
- flumedajijevod, flumedahijevodül, flumedahijevod, flumedajevodül, hihiopotül, hiopotül, jihiopot, hihiopot, flumedajijevodül, hiopot, flumedajevod, jihiopotül, leneilafVolapük
- léebéerWolof
- 河马Chinese
- ingexeZulu
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