Hippo synonyms

hĭp'ō

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crocodile (related)
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frog (related)
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hippopotamus
A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle.
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river-horse
(Poetic) hippopotamus
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Hippopotamus amphibius
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
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hippo regius
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
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hippos (related)
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giraffe (related)
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Find another word for hippo. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for hippo, like: crocodile, frog, hippopotamus, river-horse, Hippopotamus amphibius, hippo regius, hippos and giraffe.
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Hippo Sentence Examples

  • In 725 Luidprand purchased and removed to Pavia the body of St Augustine of Hippo from Cagliari, whither it had been brought in the 6th century by the exiled bishop of Hippo.

  • The Latin West was scarcely less productive; it is enough to mention Hilary of Poitiers, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Leo of Rome, Jerome, Rufinus, and a father lately restored to his place in patristic literature, Niceta of Remesiana.'

  • Having entered the Christian priesthood, he naturally took an interest in the Priscillianist controversy then going on in his native country, and it may have been in connexion with this that he went to consult Augustine at Hippo in 413 or 414.

  • Bizerta occupies the site of the ancient Tyrian colony, Hippo Zarytus or Diarrhytus, the harbour of which, by means of a spacious pier, protecting it from the north-east wind, was rendered one of the safest and finest.

  • At first there were only three dioceses: Carthaginiensis, Hipponiensis (headquarters Hippo Diarrhytus, now Bizerta), and Numidica (headquarters Cirta, now Constantine).

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