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Type Words
Synonyms hippo regius
Type Words
Synonyms hippopotamus, hippopotamus amphibius, river horse
Type of artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal

Examples of hippo

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Chuck Siedlecki, a disabled Chicago cop, with a hippo on African safari in 2003.
From the suntimes.com
How well they would cope with a charging hippo at 100 metres is another matter.
From the economist.com
But this could further spread anthrax if hippos are eating infected hippo meat.
From the newscientist.com
The hippo has all the space in the world, but he sits on the tail of the croc.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Soon, even Johnny Carson was having a laugh at the wayward hippo in Orange County.
From the ocregister.com
This was my first mistake and I took to the ice with all the grace of a hippo.
From the express.co.uk
When a hunter dos take an elephant, hippo or buffalo, the food is given to locals.
From the forbes.com
The hippo was named Obaysch and led to a doubling of the Zoo's visitors that year.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hippo also escaped last year when flooding allowed her to swim out of her cage.
From the telegraph.co.uk
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