Английский Этимологический словарь - hippopotamus
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~ n large African animal with a large head, a wide mouth, and thick grey skin, that lives in and near water ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(hippopotamuses) A hippopotamus is a very large African animal with short legs and thick, hairless skin. Hippopotamuses live in and near rivers. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -muses or hippopotami) Etymology: Latin, from Greek hippopotamos, alteration of hippos potamios, literally, riverine horse Date: 1563 a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly aquatic artiodactyl mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) of sub-Saharan Africa with an extremely large head and mouth, bare and very thick grayish skin, and short legs; also a smaller closely related mammal (Choeropsis liberiensis) of western Africa ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. hippopotamuses or hippopotami) 1 a large thick-skinned four-legged mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, native to Africa, inhabiting rivers, lakes, etc. 2 (in full pigmy hippopotamus) a smaller related mammal, Choeropsis liberiensis, native to Africa, inhabiting forests and swamps. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk hippopotamos f. hippos horse + potamos river ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гиппопотам, бегемот (Hippopotamus amphibius); pl бегемотовые, бегемоты (Hippopotamidae) – pygmy hippopotamus ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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