Definition of River horse
1. Noun. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
Generic synonyms: Artiodactyl, Artiodactyl Mammal, Even-toed Ungulate
Group relationships: Genus Hippopotamus
Definition of River horse
1. Noun. (poetic) hippopotamus ¹
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Literary usage of River horse
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1. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... Road at Concho River—Horse wounded by a rattlesnake—Character of country and
vegetation— Mustang roads—Scarcity of water—Prairie on fire—Deceptive maps— ..."
2. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"AMONG the peculiar superstitions of this country is the River-Horse, a supernatural
being, supposed to feed, in the shape of a horse, on the banks of the ..."
3. Scandinavian Folk-lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the by William Alexander Craigie (1896)
"THE river-horse (back-hasten) is very malicious, for, not content with ...
The river-horse wanted to get the man on his back, when he would soon have ..."
4. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1813)
"... is said to be the ordinary produce of an acre, in Asia: in Carolina, the fields
produce only one crop in the year—4. Smith. river horse, or ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"That the River-horse is an inveterate enemy to the Crocodile, ... That the
River-horse never appears below the cataracts in Egypt,* wherefore the ..."
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