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Definition of Hippopotami
1. hippopotamus [n] - See also: hippopotamus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippopotami
Literary usage of Hippopotami
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake Ngami, Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings by Charles John Andersson, John Charles Frémont (1857)
"Moreover, there could be but little doubt as to hippopotami having also, at one
time, existed there. ..."
2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"Dangerous hippopotami.—Banks of Chobe.— Trees.—The Course of the River. ...
Other Fruits.—The Rapids.—Birds.—Fish.—hippopotami and their Young. ..."
3. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"Dangerous hippopotami.—Banks of Chobe.— Trees.—The Course of the River. ...
hippopotami and their Young. LINYANTI, September, 1853. ..."
4. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1851)
"I rode ahead of the wagons to explore, and was struck with astonishment at the
number of the hippopotami. They seemed to increase the further I trekked down ..."
5. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile, Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... island of Ukerewe' — In the haunts of crocodiles — Shizu Island—The hippopotami —
Ururi — The headlands of Goshi — Bridge Island — Volcanoes —U-go-weh— ..."
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