Associations to the word «Hippopotamus»

Wiktionary

HIPPOPOTAMUS, noun. A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius)
HIPPOPOTAMUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae.

Dictionary definition

HIPPOPOTAMUS, noun. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats