名詞 hippopotamus:

1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
   同義詞：hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius

1. The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.
   孩子們喜歡看河馬在泥中打滾。

hip.po.pot.a.mus

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 hip.po.pot.a.mus.es 或 hip.po.pot.a.mi [-mo.]
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. Also called river horse
河馬：非洲的一種大型水生食草型哺乳動物（河馬 河馬屬） ，皮厚且黑，幾乎無毛，短腿，有四個腳趾，口鼻寬闊突出 也作 river horse
The pygmy hippopotamus.
倭河馬

來源：
Latin
拉丁語
from Greek hippopotamos
源自 希臘語 hippopotamos
hippos [horse] * see ekwo-
hippos [馬] *參見 ekwo-
potamos [river] * see pet-
potamos [河] *參見 pet-