Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hippopotamus
1 sense of hippopotamus
Sense 1
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)