There are two accepted plurals of hippopotamus: hippopotamuses and hippopotami. In order to avoid debate, "hippos" is more often used.
Allenton hippopotamus was created in 1895.
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strong to break your arm.
A hippopotamus stays pregnant for around 8 months before giving birth to a single calf.
No. hippopotamus are native to Africa.
the plural of hippopotamus is hippopotamus, hippopotamuses, or hippopotami
Straight answer: no. According to AskOxford, the ultimate source of English language questions, the plural of hippopotamus is hippopotamuses.
Singular, the plural is "hippopotami" or perhaps "hippopotamuses" - or just hippos.
A standard English plural form of hippopotamus is hippopotamuses, though hippopotami is also used.
The possessive plural form of "hippopotamus" is "hippopotamuses'." This indicates that something belongs to multiple hippopotamuses. For example, you might say, "The hippopotamuses' habitat is threatened by pollution."
There are two accepted plurals of hippopotamus: hippopotamuses and hippopotami. In order to avoid debate, "hippos" is more often used.
According to www.wikipedia.com a herd of hippopotami is called a pod, herd, dale or bloat and that the plural of hippopotamus is variously: hippopatami, hippopotamus or simply hippopotamus.Personally, I like the term bloat simply because it sounds funny. :)As far as the plural of hippopotamus goes, I think hippopotami makes the most sense as it follows the pattern of cactus/cacti and octopus/octopi.
Oh, dude, it's "hippopotamus's." Like, you just add an apostrophe and an "s" at the end to show ownership. So, if you're talking about a hippopotamus's habitat or a hippopotamus's diet, that's how you'd write it. Easy peasy, right?
Fish - fish or, when referring to different types of fish: fishes lynx - lynxes grass - grass or, when referring to different types of grass: grasses hippopotamus - hippopotami or hippopotamuses
=there are two kinds of hippopotamus such as the river hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus but both live in Africa.=
=there are two kinds of hippopotamus such as the river hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus but both live in africa.=
pygmy hippopotamus Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus river hippopotamus