Hippopotamus

See also: hippopotamus

Translingual

Hippopotamus amphibius

Etymology

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).

Proper noun

Hippopotamus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – hippopotamuses.

   The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Whippomorpha – suborder; Hippopotamidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hippopotamus amphibius - sole extant species; †Hippopotamus madagascariensis, †Hippopotamus lemerlei - selected extinct species

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Choeropsis - genus of the pygmy hippopotamus

Derived terms

• Hippopotamidae
• Hippopotamus liberiensis (now Choeropsis liberiensis)

References

• Hippopotamus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippopotamus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hippopotamus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons