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water elephant

water elephant noun: a hippopotamus.

Noun

water elephant (plural water elephants)

  1. (archaic) A hippopotamus.

Forms of water elephant

pluralwater elephants

Questions about water elephant

What does water elephant mean?
Water elephant means a hippopotamus.
What part of speech is water elephant?
Water elephant is a noun.
What is the plural of water elephant?
The plural of water elephant is water elephants.

Words near water elephant in the dictionary

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  2. water dumping
  3. water dumpings
  4. Water Eaton
  5. water elder
  6. water elephant
  7. water elephants
  8. water engine
  9. water engines
  10. water equivalent
  11. water equivalents

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