Hippopotamus
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- n. 河马
- [记] hippo ( 马) +potam ( 河流) +us -> 河马
- [同] 同根词: hippocampus ( 海马) ; potamic ( 河流的)
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noun (plural -muses or hippopotami)
- Etymology: Latin, from Greek hippopotamos, alteration of hippos potamios, literally, riverine horse
- Date: 1563
- a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs; also a smaller closely related mammal (Choeropsis liberiensis) of western Africa