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Hippopotamus vs Mesonychids - What's the difference?

hippopotamus | mesonychids |

As a proper noun hippopotamus

is .

As a noun mesonychids is

.

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- ----

    mesonychids

    English

    Noun

    (head)