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   hippopotamus

   /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/

   noun

   • 1. a large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Latin from Greek hippopotamos, earlier hippos ho potamios ‘river horse’ (from hippos ‘horse’, potamos ‘river’).

   Scrabble Points: 23

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