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hippopotamus

[hip-uh-pot-uh-muhs] / ˌhɪp əˈpɒt ə məs /
NOUN
pachyderm
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A $31.4 million bar cart shaped like a hippopotamus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Researchers examined numerous hippopotamus fossils using both genetic and radiocarbon dating methods.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

Water Lily, a 45-year-old female hippopotamus who has lived at the Woodland Park Zoo since 1979, will be euthanized next week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

A zoo in Japan has confirmed that a hippopotamus thought for seven years to be a he is, in fact, a she.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

Kitty, tell me quickly, how many toes does a hippopotamus have?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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