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hippopotamian

hippopotamian adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.

Adjective

hippopotamian (comparative more hippopotamian, superlative most hippopotamian)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.

Forms of hippopotamian

comparativemore hippopotamian
superlativemost hippopotamian

Origin of hippopotamian

From hippopotamus + -ian.

Questions about hippopotamian

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

Words near hippopotamian in the dictionary

  1. hippophobia
  2. hippophobic
  3. hippopodiid
  4. hippopodiids
  5. hippopotami
  6. hippopotamian
  7. hippopotamic
  8. hippopotamid
  9. hippopotamids
  10. hippopotamine
  11. hippopotamoi

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