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Hippopotamus vs Dogs - What's the difference?

hippopotamus | dogs |

As a proper noun hippopotamus

is .

As a noun dogs is

.

As a verb dogs is

(dog).

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- ----

    dogs

    English

    Noun

  • English plurals
  • (slang, US) Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat .
    • My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.
  • a greyhound racing event.
    • I lost money at the dogs last night.
  • (nautical) Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.

    • Derived terms

    * dogs bark * gone to the dogs

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dog)

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)