Definisjon av hippopotamus

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Noun
hippopotamus - massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
		hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius
		artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

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hippopotamus - A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous plant-eating African mammal Hippopotamus amphibius that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger.

The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (Ιπποπόταμος), is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus. ) The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl, despite being considerably shorter than the giraffe. The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic, inhabiting rivers and lakes where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of 5 to 30 females and young.

hippopotamus
A massive thick-skinned herbivorous quadruped living in Africa.

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