Hippopotamus vs Armadillo - What's the difference?
hippopotamus | armadillo |
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.
Any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus Dasypus .
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(wikipedia hippopotamus)Noun
Synonyms
* (semi-aquatic mammal) hippo, river horseDerived terms
* pygmy hippopotamusSynonyms
* hippo, river horse English nouns with irregular plurals English words prefixed with hippo- ----armadillo
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(en-noun)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}