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hippopotamus
Definition:
(nou) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
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Nomenclature of the pygmy hippopotamus reflects that of the hippopotamus.
These rivers are the haunts of the hippopotamus and the crocodile.
The riverine areas house the apex predator Nile crocodile and the hippopotamus.
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