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Noun: hippo  hi-pow
  1. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
    "The hippo spent most of the day submerged in the river to stay cool";
    - hippopotamus, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius
Noun: Hippo  hi-pow
  1. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
    - Hippo Regius

Derived forms: hippos

Type of: artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate, town

Part of: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, genus Hippopotamus

Encyclopedia: Hippo, a Greek woman