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hippopotamuses

hippopotamuses is the plural of hippopotamus.

Meaning of hippopotamus

Noun

hippopotamus (plural hippopotami or hippopotamuses or hippopotamus)

  1. A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.
  2. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
    • These were the first hippopotami that we had ever seen, and, to judge by their insatiable curiosity, I should judge that we were the first white men that they had ever seen.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Synonyms of hippopotamuses

Forms of hippopotamuses

alternative formhippopotamusses

Phrases with hippopotamuses

Questions about hippopotamuses

What is hippopotamuses the plural of?
Hippopotamuses is the plural of hippopotamus.

Words near hippopotamuses in the dictionary

  1. hippopotamos
  2. hippopotamoses
  3. hippopotamus
  4. Hippopotamus Defence
  5. Hippopotamus Defences
  6. hippopotamuses
  7. hippopotamuslike
  8. hippopotamusses
  9. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
  10. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism
  11. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianisms

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