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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?
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.
I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.
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.
Is a hippopotamus really a hippopotomus or just a really cool opotamus?
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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