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Hippopotamus vs Aardvark - What's the difference?

hippopotamus | aardvark |

As a proper noun hippopotamus

is .

As a noun aardvark is

the nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal.

hippopotamus

English

(wikipedia hippopotamus)

Noun

  • A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal () that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger.

    • Synonyms

    * (semi-aquatic mammal) hippo, river horse

    Derived terms

    * pygmy hippopotamus

    Related terms

    * hippo- * potamic

    Synonyms

    * hippo, river horse English nouns with irregular plurals English words prefixed with hippo- ----

    aardvark

    English

    (wikipedia aardvark) (Orycteropus afer)

    Alternative forms

    * aard-vark, erdvark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal
    • The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
  • A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
    • I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark .

    Synonyms

    * (mammal) African anteater, antbear, ant bear or ant-bear, anteater, earth pig