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yes, a hippopotamus is sometimes referred to as a river horse.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoanother word for hippo is water horse
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What is a meander that has been cut off from the river?
oxbow lake horse shoe lake
What part of speech is hippo?
a common noun
An animal beginning the letter H?
halibuthamsterharehawkhenhoghoneybeehorsehyena
What is differenec between quarter horse and horse?
A horse is just the name of the animal and Quarter Horse is a name of a breed of horse.
What is the noun starting with F letter A Young Horse?
A young horse is a foal; a young female horse is a filly.
What animals name means river horse?
hippopotamus hippo= horse pot= river/ water
What is hippo in Welsh?
Afonfarch (river-horse)
What animal's name comes from the greek words meaning river horse?
Hippopotamus: hippo = horse; potamos = river
Which animal is also known as river horse?
A Hippopotamus
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 does the greek word hippology mean?
hippo (short for hippopotamus) means ιπποπόταμος; the word is greek to begin with! ANSWER: Hippopotamus means "river horse," from the Greek words for horse (ippos) and river (potami). So "hippo" means "horse."
What other name did the Greeks give to the Hippo 3000 years ago?
It was the river horse.
What does the scientific name for a hippo mean?
Hippopotamus amphibius is ancient Greek for "river horse".
What are the parts the hippopotamus word can broken down into?
hippo (from the Greek) - horse potamos (from the Greek) - river
What is the root word for hippopotamus?
The word derives from ancient Greece, meaning "horse of the river".
What animals name means water horse in greek?
το άλογο means " the horse " in MODERN Greek the word hippopatomus is from the ancient word for horse which is "ippos" plus the word for river which is "potamos" - don't know why the English insist on putting a consonent such as H in front of every Greek name and word that starts with a vowel but it is IPPOS not HIPPO......... That is why they sometimes call the hippo the horse of the river.
What does hippo mean in English?
Hippopotamus is from the ancient Greek and means River Horse, because hippos spend most of the daytime keeping cool in a river or lake.
