English Explanatory Dictionary

river horse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hippopotamus.

Word forms

river horse river horses river-horse riverhorse

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Compare Middle English water hors (“hippopotamus”). By surface analysis, river + horse.

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