hippopotamus
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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
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
The hippopotamus is native to sub-Saharan Africa, dwelling in rivers, lakes, and mangrove swamps.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024
This was in a lecture room, and I invited him to consider the proposition: ‘There is no hippopotamus in this room at present.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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