Definition of Hippopotamus amphibius

1. Noun. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.

Exact synonyms: Hippo, Hippopotamus, River Horse
Generic synonyms: Artiodactyl, Artiodactyl Mammal, Even-toed Ungulate
Group relationships: Genus Hippopotamus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippopotamus Amphibius

Hippocratic
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratic oaths
Hippocratism
Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Hippodamia
Hippodamia convergens
Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Hippoglossus
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Hippoglossus stenolepsis
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius (current term)
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros
Hippotragus
Hippotragus niger
Hipsurus
Hipsurus caryi
Hira
Hirado
Hiragana
Hirakata
Hiram
Hiram King Williams
Hiram Ulysses Grant
Hiram Williams

Literary usage of Hippopotamus amphibius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"SERUM PROTEINS OF Hippopotamus amphibius (LINNAEUS) By BARBARA ... June 1958 an experiment on the control of Hippopotamus amphibius (Linnaeus) was carried ..."

2. The Principal forms of the skeleton and the teeth: As the Basis for a System by Richard Owen (1855)
"... ОГ THE Hippopotamus amphibius. The even-toed hoofed animals that do not ruminate have no horns. The osteology of this division is here illustrated in ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"Hab. Europe (Upper Pliocene and Pleistocene) and Africa (Pleistocene and Recent). Fig. 37. Hippopotamus amphibius.—Cranium and mandible. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Hippopotamus amphibius. 686. Skull of a male Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus amphibius. 687. Skull of a Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus amphibius. 688. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), which formerly inhabited all the great rivers of Africa but whose range has now been much restricted, ..."

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