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What does hippopotamus mean?
The word "hippopotamus" is derived from the Greek words "hippos" meaning horse and "potamos" meaning river. Therefore, hippopotamus translates to "river horse" in English.
What animal's name comes from the greek words meaning river horse?
Hippopotamus: hippo = horse; potamos = river
What is the transilaion in greek hoppotamus?
Hippopotamus comes from the words ιππος meaning horse, and ποταμος meaning river. So it's a river horse, because it moves swiftly despite its size in the river.
What animal's name translated from Greek would mean river horse?
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Where did the name 'appaloosa' originate and does it have a special meaning?
Appaloosa developed from the phrase "a Palouse horse" denoting a horse from the region near the Palouse River.
What is the root word for hippopotamus?
The word derives from ancient Greece, meaning "horse of the river".
What is the root word of hippopotamic?
The root word of "hippopotamic" is "hippopotamus," which comes from the Greek words "hippos" meaning horse and "potamos" meaning river.
What is a river horse?
Hippopotaamus literally means "river-horse", as it comes from Greek hippus (Horse) and potamus (river). Despite the name, the Hipppopotamus is not a member of the family Equidae.
What is the nickname given to carmgue horses?
The River horse The River Horse
What is River horse called?
The hippopotamus is sometimes called the river horse.
What does hippopotamus translate to in English?
The two living species of hippo are the Nile Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) and the Pygmy Hippo (Hexaprotodon liberiensis).
What nickname do you call the camargue horse is it river horse sea horse gray horse or white horse?
Its called a seahorse or the river horse. Another popular name for the camargue horse is the horse of the sea
