English Explanatory Dictionary

pygmy hippopotamus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.

Word forms

pygmy hippopotamus pygmy hippopotamuses pygmy hippopotami

Synonyms

pygmy hippo

Related words

Choeropsis
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