Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hippo

2 senses of hippo

Sense 1
Hippo, Hippo Regius -- (an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius -- (massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa)
       => even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal -- (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)