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hippolike

hippolike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.

Adjective

hippolike (comparative more hippolike, superlative most hippolike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.
    • There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 595

Synonyms of hippolike

Forms of hippolike

comparativemore hippolike
superlativemost hippolike

Origin of hippolike

From hippo + -like.

Questions about hippolike

What does hippolike mean?
Hippolike means resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.
What part of speech is hippolike?
Hippolike is an adjective.

Words near hippolike in the dictionary

  1. hippogriffs
  2. hippogryph
  3. hippogryphs
  4. hippoid
  5. Hippokrates
  6. hippolike
  7. hippolith
  8. hippoliths
  9. hippological
  10. hippologist
  11. hippologists

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