hippopotamus
hi puh po tuh muhs
- n massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
- I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.
- Months later, a twin wind, the Kusi, would carry the boats homeward, holds laden with ivory, tortoiseshell, hippopotamus teeth and slaves.
- Just off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, for example, an Ohio State University expedition recently discovered the fossilized bones of a hippopotamus-like reptile called Lystro .