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"Hippopotamus" Definition

noun

A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse.
The pygmy hippopotamus.
A very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal () of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs.
A smaller closely related mammal () of western Africa.

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