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This was Andrew Barton Paterson, the poet who penned The Man From Snowy River. He took his nickname from the name of a favourite horse.
Flirt and Snowy
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.
hippopotamus hippo= horse pot= river/ water
Its called a seahorse or the river horse. Another popular name for the camargue horse is the horse of the sea
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus: hippo = horse; potamos = river
The name hippopotamus comes from Greek roots. Hippos is Greek for horse and potamos is Greek for river, so the name hippopotamus literally means "river horse".
The hippopotamus's historical name means "River Horse"
It means River Horse, a misleading name
Whitehorse gets its name from the white horse rapids on the Yukon river.